To start off with a banger – when he was born, Hephaestus was
thrown out of Mount Olympus by his Mother, the Goddess Hera because he was born
deformed. Though in the future, he would be known as the greatest craftsman and
was honoured and got his place in Mount Olympus, the abode of Gods.
What is more relevant to us is his lameness, and how he did
not allow it to dominate him; because of which, he quite literally taught the
art of creativity to people on Earth where they were wild and lived in caves –
barely any difference between them and animals.
Creativity and conjuring up an image in one’s mind and manifesting
it physically through our hands is something that makes us innately human and
what separates us from animals (cute as they may be)
As with Hephaestus’ lameness, we
all have our own version of it. In some form or the other, we have our own
struggles and fight it however we can. Hephaestus toiled night and day in his
forge, crafting swords, armour, battle helmets and various magical contraption
for the Gods. Did you know – Pandora (of Pandora’s Box) was created from metal
by Hephaestus!
While some of us, unfortunately,
do not possess the magic of the Greek gods, we possess something that is
invaluable that enables us to CREATE magic through our hands. We may not make a
Pandora or literal magical artefact, but what we create is just as wonderous!
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