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gave to Prometheus and his
brother, Epimetheus, the job of
repopulating the earth.
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a basket that contained many
gifts they could bestow upon
their creations. Prometheus
and Epimetheus began to
shape river clay into humans
and animals, with Prometheus
creating the humans and
Epimetheus, the animals.ż Prometheus, whose name
means “forethought,” carefully
shaped humans in the
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and found that his brother had taken nearly all of the good ones,
giving the animals great advantages over humans! Animals
could run faster, see better, and had a keener sense of smell
than humans. And when the weather became cold, animals had
coats of fur or feathers to keep them warm.ż Seeing that humans had literally been left out in the cold,
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snuck onto Mount Olympus, stole an ember from the forge of
Hephaestus, and smuggled it back to earth. Now, humans had
warmth on cold evenings, light to see by at night, protection
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