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Why is it that the general view of Prometheus is as a benefactor? Since his role as fire bringer was to make him an agent of destruction. It's a bit like making Satan a God. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.142.28.88 (talk) 23:13, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
- Because fire is the tool that separates humans from other animals; it is what enabled us to evolve to the point that we have. Any tool that is capable of creation is also capable of destruction. 71.36.99.89 (talk) 17:57, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
- Prometheus went against his father's beliefs, and was for mankind. Yes the story says that he had stolen Fire, but had that not been misunderstood by the ancients the logical hypothesis is meteor shower, or ancient aliens and our knowledge of and understanding of at that time period our own understanding of the sky was different from our knowledge of the sky, space, and so much more. So if we had the knowledge we have today then, the answer would be clear to us all by now. But because of how the world was advanced was done in stages, similar to an experiment, and we are the one's who are and have been given this knowledge over 1000s and 1000s of millenia and when it became apparent that it was not going well, it was changed, and the Dinosaurs extinction was the only one that we speak of when we now know there were many. 71.179.241.37 (talk) 13:30, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
Ref #8 is incorrect
editLink is to something completely unrelated to the topic 71.36.99.89 (talk) 17:59, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, you're right. It seems to be entirely irrelevant to Greek mythology, and doesn't mention Prometheus once. I've removed it. – Michael Aurel (talk) 23:49, 1 June 2023 (UTC)
Why is Pkharmat not even mentioned?
One of the mountains (Kazbek) where the Greek Prometheus was supposedly chained is literally the same as in the Nakh myth. Also, pra math/Pramant is phonetically almost identical to the Nakh hero's name (and this opens a whole barrel of etymological worms, where modern RS become crucial; some Victorian musings on Vedic Sanskrit simply will not do here). The Pkharmat narrative is the same as the Greek version, differing only in cosmetic details, and appearing in the same fully developed form rather than the utterly generic and barely-notable Mātariśvan (the fire-stealer is perhaps the most common mythological trope in human history). 19th-century philologists loved to perceive direct "Aryan" connections everywhere across western Eurasia and beyond (some even claimed Maui=Prometheus=Mātariśvan and hence "proof" that Polynesians are "Aryan"), but few if any of them knew Vainakh mythology even existed; however, Wikipedia does. 2A02:8071:5BD0:D4C0:D1A:E780:D637:B909 (talk) 03:35, 27 January 2024 (UTC)