Myths and Legends of the World

Before the story begins, let me say that some people take umbrage at the title "Pandora's Box" and insist it should be "Pandora's Jar". They may have reason—based on what Hesiod wrote, but myths change with the re-telling and people are accustomed to "Pandora's Box," so I shall use the term, in this, my re-telling of the myth of Pandora and her box. The background to the story of Pandora's Box is the Titan Prometheus's passive-aggression towards the king of the gods, Zeus with the Dawn of Humanity. Having gotten away with or having paid the price for one misdeed, Prometheus kept going back for more. Zeus was very creative in the way he meted out punishments. Pandora was one example. The Gift of Pandora Prometheus was mankind's benefactor. Zeus, the young King of the Gods wasn't crazy about us and didn't want us to have, among other things, fire. Prometheus, then, to remedy the situation, and ascended into heaven,...

I want to thank the people uniting together during and after the Hurricane Irene. I dedicated this post to Prometheus. father of humanity   Prometheus is the Titan God of Forethought and Crafty counsel and Benefactor of Mankind. He is the son of Titan Iapetus and Titaness Themis or Oceanid Clymene. Among his brothers there are the Titan General Atlas and Titan of the Past and History, Epimetheus. This means he is the cousin of Lord Zeus and his siblings. When Zeus and siblings rose against his father, Cronus, and wanted to become the supreme ruler of the gods, Iapetus and the other Titans sided with Cronus, but Prometheus the Titan and his brother Epimetheus took Zeus's side. He is the benefactor of mankind. According to some, Prometheus (the "forethought") and his brother Epimetheus (the "afterthought") had to give different abilities to the animals and to man. Epimetheus was in charge with abilities to animals and Prometheus was in cha...