Prometheus: Similarities Between Amirani And Armirani

Amirani is a Georgian mythical hero who resembles the Greek Titan Prometheus in a multitude of ways. The folk epic of Amirani has been traced by scholars to have been created and spread around through tribes between the years 3,000 and 2,000 BC. Amirani is the son of the Georgian goddess Dali, he was conceived through a mortal hunter’s affair with Dali. Amirani came into existence by being ripped from Dali’s womb due to the Hunter’s wife Darejani’s jealousy, it is said the Darejani killed Dali in this encounter. Thus, the Hunter ends up raising Amirani with his wife and two sons. Amirani and his two half-brothers are a part of numerous Georgian folk tales, and they are known for going on adventures together battling monsters and giants. Although there are a few background differences between Prometheus and Armirani both of their main stories that have passed through time are distinctly similar. …show more content…
Amirani also teaches metalworking to the human race defying the gods. He is punished almost identically like Prometheus by being chained to a cliff in the Caucasus Mountains. Everyday Amirani’s liver is eaten out by an eagle, just for the liver to grow back again overnight. There are many similarities between Amirani and Prometheus but there are also a few differences as well. It is said that Amirani was chained together with his dogs who would lick at his metal chains. The chains would grow thinner and thinner until every year on Good Friday when he was almost free smith workers would reinforce his chains and the cycle would repeat all over again. While in the Greek version Prometheus is eventually rescued by Heracles killing the eagle. Prometheus was released while Amirani was said to remain chained to the Caucasus