Who was Hephaestus in Greek mythology?

Hephaestus - GODS - hephaestus Hephaestus was a master craftsman His name was used to denote the element of fire because he was the god of fire He created many of the Gods' crafts and hephaestus Hephaestus was the ancient Greek god of fire, metalworking and crafts He possessed relatively few public shrines and temples in ancient Greek but was

hephaestus Hephaestus definition: the ancient Greek god of fire, metalworking, and handicrafts, identified by the Romans with Vulcan See examples of HEPHAESTUS used