The animals were used to make man.
Prometheus made men out of mud.
In Greek myths, Elphias is the creator of animals. Prometheus is creator of man.
That was the doing of Prometheus.
Epimetheus, brother of Prometheus.
Prometheus actually designed the animals and man and his brother Epimetheus gave out the gifts. Prometheus saved man for last but his brother had already given the best gifts to all the other animals. Man could think but was at a great disadvantage...which is why Prometheus stole and gave fire to man. For taking fire from the gods and giving it to man, Prometheus was chained to a rock where a great bird ate his liver each day. Prometheus would heal over night so that the punishment started again each day.
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The subtitle of Frankenstein is 'The modern Prometheus'. She did this to point out a similarity between the character in her book 'Doctor Frankenstein' and the mythical Titan Prometheus. Both created a human: Prometheus from clay, Frankenstein from dead bodies.
Prometheus was the protagonist in the Greek myth about the origin of man's use and control of fire. Therefore, Prometheus symbolizes any concept related to this.
hero when gods/godesses have children with mortal men/women
Prometheus (Counsel Before, Forethought): was the Titan god of forethought and crafty counsel who was entrusted with the task of molding mankind out of clay. Epimetheus (Afterthought, Counsel Afterwards): was the Titan god of afterthought, the father of excuses. He and his brother Prometheus were given the task of populating the earth with animals and men. However, Epimetheus quickly exhausted the supply of gifts allotted for the task in the equipment of animals, leaving Prometheus' masterpiece, mankind, completely helpless.
the power is afterthought. Epimetheus is Prometheus' complete opposite. Epimetheus can view the past. As he created animals, he have some control over animals.
The modern Prometheus would be Thomas Edison. He, by his invention of the electric light, 'brought fire to mankind.'The mythical Prometheus stole fire from Zeus and brought it to earth for man's use.