In
Etruscan mythology,
Sethlans was the god of fire, the forge, metalworking, and by extension craftsmanship in general, the equivalent, though their names share no etymology, to
Greek Hephaestus, Egyptian
Ptah and the Roman
Vulcan. Sethlans is one of the indigenous Etruscan gods. In
Etruscan arts Sethlans may be identified by his tools, the hammer and tongs of the blacksmith, and by the
pileus or conical cap he wears.