Vi′dor. A Scandinavian god, who could walk on the water and in the air. The god of silence (corresponding with the classic Harpocrates).
Virtue. A goddess worshipped by most of the ancients under various names. The way to the temple of honour was through the temple of virtue.
Virtuous Women, see Juno.
Vish′nu. The Preserver, the principal Hindoo goddess.
Volu′pia, see Angeronia.
Vul′can, the god of fire, was the son of Jupiter and Juno. He offended Jupiter, and was by him thrown out of heaven; he was nine days falling, and at last dropped into Lemnos with such violence that he broke his leg, and was lame for ever after. Vulcan was married to Venus. He is supposed to have formed Pandora out of clay. His servants were the Cyclops. He was the patron deity of blacksmiths.
“Men call him Mulciber; and how he fell
From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove,
Sheer o’er the crystal battlements.”
Milton.