Volcanology that Hephaestus, the god of fire, sat below the volcano Etna, forging the weapons of Zeus. The Greek word used to describe volcanoes was "etna", or "hiera", after Heracles, the son of Zeus. The Roman poet Virgil, in interpreting the Greek mythos, held that the giant Enceladus was buried beneath Etna by the goddess Athena as punishment for rebellion against the gods; the mountain's rumblings were his tormented cries, the flames his breath and the tremors his railing against the bars of his prison. Enceladus' brother Mimas was buried beneath Vesuvius by Hephaestus, and the blood of other defeated giants
Hephaestus was based in Lemnos. Hephaestus' symbols are a smith's hammer, anvil, and a pair of tongs. Hephaestus is probably associated with the Linear B (Mycenean Greek) inscription , "A-pa-i-ti-jo", found at Knossos; the inscription indirectly attests his worship at that time because it is believed that it reads the theophoric name "Haphaistios" or "Haphaistion". The name of the god in Greek ("Hēphaistos") has a root which can be observed in names of places of Pre-Greek origin, like Phaistos ("Pa-i-to" in Linear B). Hephaestus is given many epithets. The meaning of each epithet is: Hephaestus had his own palace on Olympus,