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The Story of Mars and
Venus
By Kelly Hogan
The Characters
The Sun God and Vulcan
The Characters
Mars and Venus
Characters-Vulcan
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Vulcan was the blacksmith of the Gods
Married to Aphrodite
Fun fact: The word Volcano comes from his name
Ancient Romans believed the lava and smoke that emerged
from volcanoes came from Vulcan’s forge as he made
thunderbolts for Jupiter and weapons for Mars
Characters-Mars
• Mars is the God of fertility, vegetation, and
war
• Son of Juno and Jupiter
• Greek God Ares
Characters-Venus
• Goddess of love, beauty, and
fertility
• Greek name Aphrodite
• Daughter of Zeus and Dione
• Married to Vulcan
The Story
• The Sun spied Mars and Venus making love
The Story
• The Sun told Vulcan who made a net made of
fine bronze links and spread it over he and
Venus’ bed
The Story
• When the lovers met
again they were
caught in the act!
• Vulcan opened the
doors and called all
the Gods to come see
the disgrace
The End!!