Saturday 25 October 2014

Did you know? (Volcanoes)

Volcano
Vulcan, the god  of fire














The word volcano comes from Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
Vulcan is ften depicted with a blacksmith’s hammer.[1]
The Vulcanalia  was the annual festival on August 23 in his honour.
His Greek counterpart is Hephaestus, the god of fire and smithery.

[1] blacksmith / smithery
blacksmith (σιδηροθργός) - smithery (σιδηρουργική)
hammer



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