Yes but fire is also a real phenomenon, which is what the myth is actually about: an explanation of how humanity discovered fire according to the cultural beliefs of the era.
Prometheus brought knowledge of fire to the people.
The rest of the tale is to make it fit into the establishmed mythos of what they believed the gods to be. Prometheus stole fire from Zeus, so Zeus retaliated against Prometheus with a cruel punishment, as he does in many other mythos when he has been crossed because that is how the mythos has characterized him.
You’re also forgetting to account that this was a time period where they thought these myths were explanations of reality, not fantasy. To them these weren’t just short stories but perceived as legitimate historical analysis.
Saying it is about hypochondria is reaching and, according to what you just said, projecting personal bias into the story.
Yes but fire is also a real phenomenon, which is what the myth is actually about: an explanation of how humanity discovered fire according to the cultural beliefs of the era.
Prometheus brought knowledge of fire to the people.
The rest of the tale is to make it fit into the establishmed mythos of what they believed the gods to be. Prometheus stole fire from Zeus, so Zeus retaliated against Prometheus with a cruel punishment, as he does in many other mythos when he has been crossed because that is how the mythos has characterized him.
You’re also forgetting to account that this was a time period where they thought these myths were explanations of reality, not fantasy. To them these weren’t just short stories but perceived as legitimate historical analysis.
Saying it is about hypochondria is reaching and, according to what you just said, projecting personal bias into the story.
yeah ok considering it’s all myth anyways, i like to give meaning to it, my own if i have to