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Hera fertilized herself and gave birth to Hephaestus to get back at Zeus for cheating on her, but he was born crippled which made Hera disgusted, she was so disgusted that she tossed Hephaestus out of the heavens. When he was tossed out from the heavens people believed that he was flung by Zeus and fell safely into the sea where Thetis and Eurynome took care of him in a sea cave. Others believed he fell for an entire day and landed on a island of Lemnos and was taken care by the Sintians, an ancient Lemnian tribe. He remained lame forever.=====

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Hephaestus is the God of technology, blacksmiths, craftsmen, and volcanoes. Because of Hera rejecting him, Hephaestus made a magical golden throne so that when she sat on it she wouldn't be able to leave it. All of the gods kept begging him to go to Olympus and let her go, but he would refuse and say "I have no mother". Another God, Dionysus, was sent to get Hephaestus and share his wine, when he intoxicated Hephaestus, Dionysus took him back to Olympus on the back of a mule accompanied by revelers to free Hera.=====