Don_Dickle to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 3 days agoIf Prometheus stole fire to give to humans. Why was he in trouble? Because could not Zeus lightning strikes on earth create fire? Kind of seems like punishing a person for doing what you do.message-square43fedilinkarrow-up1101arrow-down19
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareIf Prometheus stole fire to give to humans. Why was he in trouble? Because could not Zeus lightning strikes on earth create fire? Kind of seems like punishing a person for doing what you do.Don_Dickle to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 3 days agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-square@CarbonIceDragon@pawb.sociallinkfedilink8•3 days agoI 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.
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.