The myth of his fall from Olympos can also be read as an allegory:
#Hephaistos (fire) arrives on Lemnos from the sky, as it would through a burning mirror. He is weak, within an inch of his life, but the people of #Lemnos care for him and kindle the weak little flame until it grows strong enough to craft the most beautiful things.
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