How Did Hephaestus Cause Of Fire

One day, soon after man received fire, there was a large forest fire in Crete that the gods were not pleased with, they went to Hephaestus, god of fire, for an explanation. Hephaestus claimed he didn’t know who started it, as it wasn’t his doing. He then blamed the humans and their ignorance to this newly found tool. Zeus didn’t care, he said that if there were another disruption in the world due to fire he would be severely punished. Hephaestus was mad, he had already been thrown off Olympus for being ugly, now he was yet again blamed for something out of his control. Hephaestus didn’t realize that his anger had vented down to earth, mountains were exploding and pouring out lava, thankfully out of range of causing any harm. He had created the first volcano. Regardless, Zeus was furious, he ordered Hephaestus to clean up the disaster. Hephaestus had no choice but to listen, unless he wanted to face Zeus’s wrath. The fire was almost immediately put out, thanks to help from Poseidon and his flood, and Zeus and his rain.
Just a few years later, another fire had started.
Hephaestus had noticed before any of the other gods and went to tell Zeus in private. Hephaestus wanted Zeus’s permission to punish the humans for misusing their gift. It was granted. Hephaestus then went to Crete to punish the humans with a little trick he learned about a few years back. He made a nearby mountain to erupt with lava. He had created the first volcano mankind knew about, and therefore, became god of volcanoes as well as fire. The humans learned for the first time what fire could do to you if you weren’t careful with it. The lava flowed through city after city, burning them to the
ground. For years, the land was scorched and the air was full of ash, rendering farming useless. The humans then turned to another source of food, fishing. They fished for a few years, but did not thank Poseidon for the food that he had provided them. He grew angry with them, and sent a violent storm at them, he caused an earthquake in the sea so violent it caused a giant wave crashing down on them and their newly rebuilt cities. Poseidon had created the first tidal wave. Their cities were crushed from the pressure and collapsed, along with their chance of being a lasting civilization. Ares saw their weakness and cringed, he wanted his people to be strong and brave, not weak and cowardice. He sought out permission from Zeus to wipe them out and start over, with new people but keep the old ways of life. Zeus, who was also disappointed in the humans, agreed with Ares, and allowed Ares to let them be overrun by invaders. Ares then went to the land of Mycenae and encouraged them to invade and conqueror the island of Crete. They did just that, it was a short and quick war because the Mycenaeans had the blessing of Ares and the people of Crete believed the gods were punishing them and didn’t put up much of a fight. Ares’s wish came true, the culture was passed on to the new civilization, much of it thanks to Athena for encouraging the Minoans to express their culture. The gods were happy, for once, and saw this as the start for a new era in human civilization. Zeus even pardoned Hephaestus from the punishment for causing the first eruptions. There was a feast on Mount Olympus that night.