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'''Volcanus''', the God of the fire of the sky, the lightning and the fires caused by it, he is the raging fire (opposed to the domestic fire, ''Vesta''). He was equated to the Greek ''Haephestus'', God of the fire, forge and volcanos. As a Nature God, he was married to ''Maia'', Goddess of Spring. Equated to ''Haephestus'', he made Iuppiter's thunderbolts and married to ''Venus''. At his festival, the ''Volcanalia'' on August 23, fishes were throuwn into the hearth fires. The eruption of mount Vesuvius in 79 AD took place in the day of His festival. As God of metal workers, He also has a festival on May 23. As God of conflagration, His temples were built outside the pomerium, on the Campus Martius. But ''Volcanus'' has many aspects, attributes, names and epithets... | '''Volcanus''', the God of the fire of the sky, the lightning and the fires caused by it, he is the raging fire (opposed to the domestic fire, ''Vesta''). He was equated to the Greek ''Haephestus'', God of the fire, forge and volcanos. As a Nature God, he was married to ''Maia'', Goddess of Spring. Equated to ''Haephestus'', he made Iuppiter's thunderbolts and married to ''Venus''. At his festival, the ''Volcanalia'' on August 23, fishes were throuwn into the hearth fires. The eruption of mount Vesuvius in 79 AD took place in the day of His festival. As God of metal workers, He also has a festival on May 23. As God of conflagration, His temples were built outside the pomerium, on the Campus Martius. But ''Volcanus'' has many aspects, attributes, names and epithets... | ||
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Volcanus, the God of the fire of the sky, the lightning and the fires caused by it, he is the raging fire (opposed to the domestic fire, Vesta). He was equated to the Greek Haephestus, God of the fire, forge and volcanos. As a Nature God, he was married to Maia, Goddess of Spring. Equated to Haephestus, he made Iuppiter's thunderbolts and married to Venus. At his festival, the Volcanalia on August 23, fishes were throuwn into the hearth fires. The eruption of mount Vesuvius in 79 AD took place in the day of His festival. As God of metal workers, He also has a festival on May 23. As God of conflagration, His temples were built outside the pomerium, on the Campus Martius. But Volcanus has many aspects, attributes, names and epithets...
