ENGL 2500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Kingu, Animal Husbandry, Cronus
10 Oct 2018
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Ch. 5 myths of creation ii: the origin of mortals. Prometheus is the folklore trickster who delights in outwitting those who. Like cronus, and like zeus, prometheus was known for being clever, the inventor of many things, including the race of mortals. Prometheus, the titan who took zeus"s side in the battle against his cousin mixing primeval earth and water because the earth contained divine seed, Ovid"s optimistic vision of man"s superiority is rather opposed to the version. Prometheus"s father, iapetus, was a first generation titan, brother of cronus. Prometheus"s essential quality is encoded in his name (cid:498)foreleaner(cid:499) Prometheus has a brother epimetheus (cid:498)afterlearner,(cid:499) or (cid:498)dummy(cid:499) Prometheus, trying to hoodwink zeus"s wits and attention, butchered. Hesiod excuses zeus"s stupidity by explaining that he had really seen through. Prometheus" favourites, he removed fire from the trees where it had lurked. Zeus was so angered by what happened at mecon that, to punish possession of fire.
