"Hephaistos [Hephaestus], the celestial artist, was the son of Hera. He was born lame, and his mother was so displeased at the sight of him that she flung him out of Olympus. Other accounts say that Zeus kicked him out for taking part with his mother in a quarrel which occurred between them. Hephaistos's lameness, according to this account, was the consequence of his fall. He was a whole day falling, and at last alighted in the island of Lemnos, which was thenceforth sacred to him."
Persona:
- God of trade
- God of technological civilization
- Craftsman
- Patron of artisans
- Symbol of endless resourcefulness and prodigious productivity
- Wage earner
- Labourer
- Workaholic, constantly driven
- Unable to function in the world of intimacy
- Uses his skill to bind women in traps but lacks the spirit to create bonds of relationships
- Cannot maintain a loving relationship without recourse to technologies of intimacy
- God of perfection
"Act as if everything you think, say and do determines your entire life - because in reality, it does!"
