Vulcan (Fantasia)



Vulcan is an antagonist in Disney's Fantasia, appearing as the secondary antagonist in the the Pastoral Symphony segment. He is the Greek God of Fire who serves as the right-hand man to Zeus (the King of the Greek Gods).

History
When Zeus decided to crash Baachus' party by creating a thunderstorm for his own amusement, Vulcan was called in to created strong lightning bolts to help him out. Vulcan happily does so as he pounds enough lightning bolts before giving them to Zeus, who happily throws them into the land. Even the wind diety Boreas helps out by blowing Bacchus twice before the latter hides away.

Eventually, Zeus felt tired and falls asleep, and Vulcan briefly throws away a spare a lightning bolt for his amusement before escaping with Boreas, never to be seen again.

Trivia

 * Though Vulcan is the appropriate name for the Roman God of Fire, he is called Hephaestus in Greece.
 * Just like Zeus, Vulcan is the first of two depictions of the character in a Disney animated feature. Unlike his noble, jolly, laid-back and good-natured counterpart (known as Hephaestus) from that would appear 56 years later in 1997's Hercules, this counterpart of Vulcan is aggressive, arrogant and mischievous.