Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—V

Vulcan

The divine blacksmith, whose workshop was on Mount Etna, where the Cyclops assisted him in forging thunderbolts for Jove. He was also called Mulciber.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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