Hephaestus aifungidzirwa mwari wemoto nemushandi wemhizha pakati pevaGiriki. Vabereki vake vaiva Zeusi naHera. Mukomana uyu akaberekwa akaremara, saka amai vakamutora kubva Olympus uye akawira muAcean. Akanunurwa nemwarikadzi wegungwa reThetis uye Evrinom. Akakurira mumvura yavo iri pasi pemvura uye akadzidza mutengesi wemhizha ikoko.
Nhoroondo yekudzoka kwaHephaestus kuenda kuOlmopus
Nemhaka yekuda kutsiva Hephaestus akavaka chigaro chegoridhe chaamai vake. Apo Hera akagara paari, akabatwa nengoro. Hapana aigona kusunungura mwarikadzi kubva kumaketani akasimba. Nokudaro, vamwari vakatumirwa kunyora mubhuku iri. Hephaestus akanga asingadi kudzokera kuOlmustus. Ipapo vanamwari vakaita nokunyengera, vakatumira kuna Hephaestus Dionysus - mwari wewaini . Achinwa Hephaestus, akamugadza paOsla ndokumuunza kuOlmopus. Achitungamirirwa newaini dope Hephaestus akanganwira amai vake ndokumusunungura. Mushure meizvi, mwari wechiGiriki-mupfuri akagara paOlympus. Kuti awane chikwereti chepanyama chomwanakomana wake, Zeus naHera vakanonga Hephaestus muroori anofadza zvikuru - mwarikadzi we rudo Aphrodite.
Mwari wechinhu chinopinza kubva kuvaGiriki Hephaestus, akagara paOlympus, akavakazve hugaro hwevamwari. Zvakaoma kutaura kuti vairarama sei pamberi pemwari wegadziri akazosvika paOlympus, asi iye zvino vaigara mune dzimba dzepamusoro dzegoridhe nesirivha. Imba yakanaka yakaonekwa paHephaestus. Akanga asingadi kusiya chigadzirwa chemhizha, saka akaumba musangano mukuru mumuzinda wake. Kusiyana nevamwe vanamwari, Hephaestus haana kudzivisa kubata muviri.
Vamwari vaigara vachijaira pamusoro pevaranda vaHephaestus. Hera chete ndiye akamubata achizvidzivirira, achifunga kuva nemhosva kwenguva refu pamberi pake. Iye akamupindura saizvozvo. Apo Zeus naHera vakapopotedzana, Hephaestus aigara aine rutivi rwemai vake. Uye rimwe zuva baba vangu vakamuendesa kubva kuOlfus. Hephaestus akazununguka pamwero mukuru uye akaendeswa semugumisiro pachitsuwa che Lemnos. Vagari vomunharaunda vakamukwazisa, saka mwari wekunyama akazviitira chivako mumakomo eMosihle, ndokugara ipapo.