Vulcan
A Roman deity, possessing a festival called the Vulcanalia, which took place on 23 August. He was said to have been introduced to Rome by Titus Tatius, but there was a tradition which attributes the construction of his first shrine to Romulus. During the festival of Vulcan, little fish and often other animals were sometimes thrown into the fire. These offerings represented human lives and they were offered to Vulcan in order to preserve lives. He has been idenfied with Hephaestus. Vulcan was sometimes said to be the father of Cacus, or of Caeculus, or even of Servius Tullius (more usually considered to be the son of the household god or Lar). (Grimal, 1990)