From: deverett@c2i.net   
      
   On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 21:59:02 -0500, Terry McCombs wrote:   
      
   > Yow, Fourth Anniversary of the God of the Month Club!   
   >   
   > NAME: Vulcan. Vulcanus.   
   >   
   > SYMBOL: Volcano, Bonfire.   
   >   
   > AREA OF CONTROL: Fire, Volcanoes, the Tiber river, later metal working.   
   >   
   > IMAGE: To the Romans he was seen as a somewhat nebulous being of fire,   
   > otherwise they did not seem to have an anthropomorphic image of Vulcan.   
   > The human images all come after his incongruous combining with and   
   > overshadowing by the Greek's malformed Hephaestus.   
   >   
   >   
   Thank you, that was interesting.  I had not previously appreciated the   
   distinction between Vulcan and Hephaestus.  The association with Bona Dea   
   is intriguing.   
      
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