was the Aztec "new fire" god. The Aztecs kept a "holy fire" continuously burning in the Fire Temple at Tenochtitlan, from which all other fires were lit. Once every 52 years, Aztec priests let the ...

He commanded Hephaestus, the God of fire and sculpture, to create the first woman. Zeus said she should be charming, beautiful and filled with curiosity about all things. He named her Pandora.

MICHAEL WOOD:'All countries have tales about how they began, MICHAEL WOOD:'and this story tells us how the Chinese people first got fire 'by tricking the gods, 'who wanted to keep fire for ...