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What is your favorite mythological figure (of ancient religions only)?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It might seem like a subjective question, but the answer is objectively Prometheus and his replacements in other cultures.

Someone that went against God(s) to give humans knowledge that at the time was considered magical

Like, we talk about how much tech changes stuff today, but fucking fire?

Imagine being alive when your group of humans mastered fire. That shit would have been fucking mind breaking.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He is the one that have humans fire and was chained to the rock for all time while having his guts eaten by a bird each day which healed each night?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yep.

The OG Light Bringer sentenced to eternal damnation for providing knowledge to humans.

And yes, I'm still salty Christians made him the bad guy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Can you explain further? I don't recall that Prometheus was mentioned at all by that particular religious group.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Being alive in the time fire was invented - well it's hard to say since it was Homo Erectus who did so, some millions of years ago. Modern humans are very different from good ole' Erectus, and we think differently, so... the tale of Prometheus is a good one for sure, but it's also much younger than the actual history of human control over fire.

Source: https://study.com/academy/lesson/how-did-stone-age-man-make-fire-discovery-importance-facts.html