Period 3
God Story
“Where am I?” asked Hephaestus, confused and hurt. “Why you’re on Lemnos Island, you took quite a hit. I’m guessing you did something to make Zeus distraught, am I right?” said Thetis, a Nereid nymph. And suddenly Hephaestus remembered it all. Seeing his mother, Hera, all tied up and Zeus madder than ever. As he began to go through all the emotions again he carefully disdained all of the bad thoughts and put an indifferent face on; there was no reason to scare his new friend away. “Something like that,” he barely replied. “Well, I’m sure you’re very crippled. I shall take you to the Sintian Men; they will be responsible of you, for now. Okay, Hephaestus?” said Thetis. There was no response. “Poor kid,” mumbled Thetis as she took him to the Sintian Men.
The following day Hephaestus woke up in an unfamiliar place, full of unfamiliar people. “Who are you? What do you want?” Hephaestus entreated. “We are the Sintian Men, we mean no harm. We’re here to help you.” said one of the men. And from that point on the Sintian Men and Hephaestus became very close good pals. Hephaestus soon started to become very well known around the island, and everyone wanted to meet him. He was a celebrity, crippled but famous. I never had this much attention, he thought. I practically know everyone here, like my own heaven. And then with a whim he saw Aerdna, for the first time.
A million of questions rushed to his head: who is she? Where is she from? Has she always been here? I need to get to know her. Shy and formidable Hephaestus quickly retreated and went home. There he made a plan, with guile included. He decided to woo her. Hephaestus, the god that had the special gift of building fine arts, gently made a beautiful scallop shell. He planned to give it to Aerdna as a token of his love. She gladly accepted it, for she too had feelings for him.
Now, at this time, Aphrodite was about to get thrown out of the heavens. “I can’t go! I’ll do