The Story of Cain and Abel and the Circular Causality of Prometheus

The cycle of passions in Prometheus is related to the desire for more power that technology brings about it's also related to Cain when he is resentful of his brother. Hephaestos wanted to have a relationship with his own mother breaking the normal causality which will then lead him to becoming an artificer. All of these things are related and so what's important is to see that at least at the outset in the laboratory of symbolism as we're looking at the different stories.

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