UHephaestus wayebhekwa njengomkulunkulu womlilo nomsebenzi wensimbi phakathi kwamaGreki. Abazali bakhe kwakunguZeyusi noHera. Umfana wazalwa ekhubazekile, ngakho umama wamxosha e-Olympus wabe esewela e-Ocean. Wasindiswa onkulunkulukazi basolwandle lwaseThetis no-Evrinom. Wakhulela emanzini abo angaphansi kwamanzi futhi wafunda ukuhweba komculi lapho.
Umlando wokubuya kukaHephaestus ukuya e-Olympus
Ngenxa yesifiso sokuphindisela uHephaestus wakha isihlalo segolide somama wakhe. Lapho uHera ehlezi phezu kwakhe, wayedutshulwa ngesandla. Akekho owakwazi ukukhulula unkulunkulukazi emaketangeni aqinile. Ngakho-ke, onkulunkulu bathunyelwe umlobi walesi simiso. UHephaestus akafuni ukubuyela e-Olympus. Khona-ke onkulunkulu benza ngobuqili, bathumela uHephaestus Dionysus - unkulunkulu wewayini . Ngemva kokuphuza uHephaestus, wamhlala e-Osla wamyisa e-Olympus. Ngaphansi kwethonya lewayini elingu-Hephaestus laxolela unina futhi layikhulula. Emva kwalokhu, unkulunkulu waseGrisi-umshicileli uhlala e-Olympus. Ukuze ahlawule ukukhubazeka kwengane yakhe, uZeus noHera bamthatha uHephaestus umlobokazi othakazelisayo kakhulu - unkulunkulukazi wothando u-Aphrodite.
Unkulunkulu we-blacksmithing wamaGreki uHephaestus, ohlala e-Olympus, wakha kabusha yonke indawo yokuhlala. Kunzima ukusho ukuthi bahlala kanjani ngaphambi kokuba unkulunkulu we-blacksmith efikile e-Olympus, kodwa manje behlala emigodlweni yobukhosi yegolide nesiliva. Kwakukhona isigodlo esihle kuHephaestus. Wayengafuni ukuyeka ukukhwabanisa, ngakho wakha workshop enkulu endlini yakhe. Ngokungafani nabanye onkulunkulu, uHephaestus akazange agweme ukusebenza komzimba.
Onkulunkulu babevame ukugwaza ngokuphathelene no-Hephaestus owayenesizotha. UHera kuphela wamphatha ngokuzithoba, ezwa ukuthi unecala lokuma phambi kwakhe. Wamphendvula ngokufanayo. Lapho uZeus noHera bephikisana, uHephaestus wayehlala ehlangothini nonina. Ngolunye usuku ubaba wamxosha ngenxa ye-Olympus. UHephaestus wagijima ehamba phambili futhi wafika ngenxa yesiqhingi saseLemos. Izakhamuzi zakhamuzi zambingelela, ngakho-ke unkulunkulu we-blacksmithing wazakhela e-volcano kaMohle, wahlala khona.