Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoIf Prometheus stole fire to give to humans. Why was he in trouble? Because could not Zeus lightning strikes on earth create fire? Kind of seems like punishing a person for doing what you do.message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down18
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-squareIf Prometheus stole fire to give to humans. Why was he in trouble? Because could not Zeus lightning strikes on earth create fire? Kind of seems like punishing a person for doing what you do.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 months agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squaredriving_crooner@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoI always understood that the fire was a metaphor for intelligence/knowledge, akin to the apple in the Bible. Humans having intelligence separate them from animals, therefore an step closer to gods.
I always understood that the fire was a metaphor for intelligence/knowledge, akin to the apple in the Bible. Humans having intelligence separate them from animals, therefore an step closer to gods.