Unfortunately for Hera, Hephaestus was so adversely affected by the past actions that he refused to free her from the suffocating chains.
Thus, Hephaestus sought revenge against the woman he called his mother. But, as soon as she did, invisible chains wrapped around her and bound her to the throne. Hera, apprehensive but impressed at the same time, could not resist and seated herself on the throne. Moreover, he presented Hera with a seemingly magnificent throne that hid many secrets. Hephaestus rode on a donkey, his sacred animal, to Mount Olympus and greeted the other Olympians with glorious thrones as gifts. A kind sea nymph, Thetis, raised him until he was able to return to Olympus and exact revenge for the cruelty he had faced.
Of course, our god of fire was not the most handsome of faces, and after getting thrown off a cliff, he also became paralyzed. But, unfortunately, little Hephaestus’ physical appearance was enough for his mother to throw him off of Mount Olympus in a fit of rage and disgust. Hephaestus was born to the Queen of the gods, Hera.
