- Earth was a "shapeless mass" called Chaos
- Earth, sea, and air separated after God and Nature interposed
- Prometheus used the earth and "made man in the image of the gods"
- Prometheus was a Titan
- Prometheus overlooked brother Epimetheus in making man and helping him and animals to survive
- Epimetheus ran out of things to bestow upon man after providing for animals
- Prometheus went to heaven, lit his torch, and set down fire to man
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/prec/www/course/mythology/0300/prometheus.htm
Commentary:
The story Frankenstein by Mary Shelly is considered a "modern Prometheus," as the story of the creation of man is the same.
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