Vulcan (mythology)

Vulcan
God of fire, metalworking, and the forge
Member of the Dii Consentes
Vulcan, wearing an exomis (tunic) and pilos (conical hat), sculpted by Bertel Thorvaldsen
Abode	under the island of Vulcano
Symbol	Blacksmith's hammer
Temples	Vulcanal
Festivals	the Vulcanalia
Personal information
Parents	Jupiter and Juno
Siblings	Mars, Minerva, Hercules, Bellona, Apollo, Diana, Bacchus, etc.
Consort	Venus
Equivalents
Greek equivalent	Hephaestus
Etruscan equivalent	Sethlans

Religion in ancient Rome
Marcus Aurelius (head covered) sacrificing at the Temple of Jupiter
Practices and beliefs
libation votum temples festivals ludi funerary practices imperial cult mystery religions
Priesthoods
Pontifices Augures Vestales Flamines Fetiales Epulones Fratres Arvales
Deities
Twelve major gods Capitoline Triad Aventine Triad Underworld indigitamenta Agriculture Birth Deified leaders: Julius Caesar Augustus Other deified persons: Antinous
Related topics
Glossary of ancient Roman religion Roman mythology Ancient Greek religion Etruscan religion Gallo-Roman religion Interpretatio Graeca Decline
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Vulcan (Latin: Vulcanus, in archaically retained spelling also Volcanus, both pronounced [wʊɫˈkaːnʊs]) is the god of fire^[1] including the fire of volcanoes, deserts, metalworking and the forge in ancient Roman religion and myth. He is often depicted with a blacksmith's hammer.^[2] The Vulcanalia was the annual festival held August 23 in his honor. His Greek counterpart is Hephaestus, the god of fire and smithery. In Etruscan religion, he is identified with Sethlans.

Vulcan belongs to the most ancient stage of Roman religion: Varro, the ancient Roman scholar and writer, citing the Annales Maximi, records that king Titus Tatius dedicated altars to a series of deities including Vulcan.^[3]