Search Results: Vulcan

Vulcan or Volcanus was the Roman god of fire and forge, the equivalent of Hephaestus from Greek mythology. The son of Jupiter and Juno, he was the special patron of blacksmiths and artisans. As the god of the forge and the devastating fire...

Vulcan. Marble, reception piece for the French Royal Academy, 1742. Guillaume II Coustou (1716-1777). Louvre Museum, Department of Sculptures, Richelieu, ground floor, room 25.

Vulcan's Forge, oil on panel by Cornelis Schut, between 1617 and 1655. Alte Pinakothek, Munich.

Copies of Neo-Attic reliefs in the Sacred Area of Herculaneum depicting the four gods Vulcan, Neptune, Mercury and Minerva to whom a temple was dedicated.

Vulcan surprising Venus and Mars in bed before an assembly of the gods, oil on canvas by Johann Heiss, 1679.

A Roman bas-relief depicting the Greek god Hephaestus (known as Vulcan to the Romans). The relief is part of a scene in which the goddess Gaia presents Athena with the infant Erichthonius, born from the seed of Hephaestus. Made c. 50 BCE-50...

In Roman mythology, Venus was the goddess of love, sex, beauty, and fertility. She was the Roman counterpart to the Greek goddess Aphrodite. However, Roman Venus had many abilities beyond the Greek Aphrodite; she was a goddess of victory...

In many societies, ancient and modern, religion has performed a major role in their development, and the Roman Empire was no different. From the beginning Roman religion was polytheistic. From an initial array of gods and spirits, Rome added...

This gallery is a visual guide to Roman mythology. It includes some of the more influential or popular deities, heroes and spirits from Roman mythology, and their identifying features. Roman mythology was a collection of legends and traditions...

A Roman fresco depicting the forge-god Hephaestus presenting Thetis with the armour of her son Achilles, 1st century CE. National Archaeological Museum of Naples.