god
Vulcan
also: Вулкан
Roman god of the forge, lame husband of Venus; here comically recast as a counterfeiter who mints false coin for the gods and sets snares for her lovers.
Reading notes
- On March §20 Vulcan
Roman smith-god and Venus's lame husband, recast here as a coin-forger and trap-setter for her lovers -- a comic literalization of the myth in which he catches her and Mars in a net.