Bullet Points Regarding the Two Creation Stories
Creation via the gods:
• Creation of humans and animals was under the responsibility of Prometheus and his brother, Epimetheus. The former, whose name translates to “forethought,” was much wiser than the latter, whose name means “afterthought.”
• Epimetheus acted on his impulses, as normal, and gave all the best qualities, shells, swiftness, cunningness, and et cetera, so Prometheus formed the humans upright and gave them fire from the sun, “… a protection to men far better than anything else, whether fur or feathers or strength or swiftness.” (p. 85)
Creation of the Races of Metal:
• In the myth of the metals, there were five races of men: gold, silver, brass, iron, and stone. Beginning with
Creation via the gods:
• Creation of humans and animals was under the responsibility of Prometheus and his brother, Epimetheus. The former, whose name translates to “forethought,” was much wiser than the latter, whose name means “afterthought.”
• Epimetheus acted on his impulses, as normal, and gave all the best qualities, shells, swiftness, cunningness, and et cetera, so Prometheus formed the humans upright and gave them fire from the sun, “… a protection to men far better than anything else, whether fur or feathers or strength or swiftness.” (p. 85)
Creation of the Races of Metal:
• In the myth of the metals, there were five races of men: gold, silver, brass, iron, and stone. Beginning with