Hephaestus — Ἥφαιστος

Meaning

The Prayer invokes Hephaestus’ holy strength; his hymn addresses him as unwearied fire and calls the cosmic lights his limbs. These uses make fire’s active force central to the divine name. The closing request that he come gently to human work preserves a distinction between useful heat and dangerous burning rather than treating every manifestation of fire as equally welcome.