His creations include Pelops's shoulder, Hermes's winged sandals, and the Aegis.
One myth claims that this god hung out with a tribe of pirates called the Sintians, while another asserts that he spent nine years in a grotto with Eurynome and Thetis. Most sources agree that the mysterious Cabeiri were his children, as was a one-eyed wielder of a bronze club who was killed by Theseus. This father of Periphetes arranged for his servant Cedalion to guide the blinded Orion and failed in his attempt to rape Athena, which resulted in his fathering (*) Erichthonius on Gaia. In one myth, Dionysus gets him drunk and puts him on the back of a mule, which carried him back to Olympus. He married the Grace Aglaea after finding Ares in bed with his wife Aphrodite. His creations include Pelops's shoulder, Hermes's winged sandals, and the Aegis. For 10 points, name this son of Zeus and Hera, the Greek god of fire and the forge.
One myth claims that this god hung out with a tribe of pirates called the Sintians, while another asserts that he spent nine years in a grotto with Eurynome and Thetis.
Hephaestus [or Hephaistos; prompt on "Vulcan"]