Zeus feared that with fire, humans would become powerful enough, maybe not to rival the gods, but certainly enough to stop fearing them so much, and to stop relying on them.
Zeus believed (rightly so) that humans who could master fire would undermine his power and control over them. This would be a threat to the stability of his rule over the pantheon.
He wasn’t a loving god, and he never really approved of us to begin with. We were just playthings for the gods, created from the earth, but animated by esssences from the gods (tears, sweat, blood, I dont fully remember) and made in their likeness, with big intellects and free will, but smaller, like dolls.
Then the gods started breeding with the humans and everything went completely to shit.
Wow! This bears a striking similarity to some apocrypha (idk the plural). Where Nephilim (like Moses or Noah - don’t remember who, but it was the one who was very very old and had many kids with a young woman - was supposed to be one) are mentioned, giants, half-gods. And in order to be wiped off the face of earth, “the one and only” flooded the planet, but Noah built the ark and survived.
Moral of the story: don’t fuck your dolls.
Dont let roombas learn how to use machineguns.
Too late
Clearly Zeus was mad that Prometheus was… stealing his thunder.
You, get out.
Thats the point. Fire was reserved for the gods. He was not supposed to give it away
Oh, but when I say that Lucifer was a hero for getting humans to eat from the Tree of Knowledge I get called a Satanist!
God didn’t like that Lucifers actions detached humans from the “hunger games” style murder fest called “nature”. They were the main attraction. Nobody gives a shit about naked apes farming shit and singing to each other.
Isn’t Lucifer and Satan two different beings?
Depends on your canon - the Serpent might also have been a different guy.
There’s a saying, “the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing mankind that he doesn’t exist.”
I disagree. I think the greatest trick would be to prove that you’re the good guy, and the other guy is the bad guy. If anything about the Xtian Bible is true, Lucifer is absolutely the good guy.
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Well, there’s also a connection between Prometheus and Lucifer.
Prometheus brought fire. “Lucifer” means “light-bearer”.
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Thats the thing about fairytales. They can be told whichever way the teller chooses. That makes them highly subjective and open to interpretation with your interpretation not matching mine and vice versa. It all boils down to belief and we all know how varied that is
Modern mythology is full of holes and you’re expecting ancient mythology to be better?
I don’t think these myths are meant to be taken completely literally, but in any case, Zeus isn’t exactly the most upstanding and consistent deity out of all mythologies.
Prometheus gave the humans the ability to make use of fire, while Zeus only gave the humans a lightning strike which wouldn’t be usable.
For the Greek gods, the greatest sin was attempting to be like them.
True of other gods as well, especially the one who insists on a capital G
He taught those pesky mortals how to use fire, can you believe it? And the gods didn’t create those mortals to begin with. Add insult to injury I guess.
The Olympians are a bunch of whiny ass petty excuses for gods.
Reflections of humanity be like that
I’m so sick of this line. If I were ever a god I’d wipe those people out to teach them a lesson!
- Someone who is definitely not whiny or petty /s
The fire that Prometheus stole is a metaphor.
It was more literal than that IIRC. The gods were pissed at first but chilled out once the smells of the mortals cooking meat went up to Olympus. The only guy to suffer was poor Prometheus; condemned to have his liver eaten by an eagle as he remains chained to a mountain side.
Holy title gore…
The Greek pantheon wasn’t known for being just or consistent. And technically, Prometheus didn’t even steal anything. The gods could still make fire as they pleased.
Prometheus pirated fire. And the punishments for piracy are worse than theft.
Prometheus: “If you can’t own fire, then stealing it isn’t piracy.”
Zeus: “I can own fire.”
Prometheus: “oh.”
I never considered it, but you are perfectly right. Prometheus was the first pirate and anti copyright activist! That makes me like him even more.
Patrgon god of yar!
You wouldn’t download fire…
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.
