Prometheus: 2 definitions
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Prometheus means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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: The Greek Myths, Vol.1: Atlas and PrometheusPrometheus (螤蟻慰渭畏胃蔚蠉蟼) from Greek mythology.鈥擯rometheus鈥檚 name, 鈥榝orethought鈥�, may originate a Greek misunderstanding of the Sanskrit word pramantha, the swastika, or fire-drill, which he had supposedly invented. The brothers Pramanthu and Manthu,who occur in the Bhagavata Purana, a Sanskrit epic, may be prototypes of Prometheus and Epimetheus (鈥榓fterthought鈥�).
: Myths of Greece and Rome: Analysis of MythsPrometheus, whose name has been traced to the Sanskrit pramantha (or 鈥渇ire drill鈥�). Learned men have therefore proved that the 鈥渂eneficent Titan, who stole fire from heaven and bestowed it upon mankind as the richest of boons,鈥� was originally nothing but the lightning (鈥渢he celestial drill which churns fire out of the clouds鈥�); but the Greeks had so entirely forgotten this etymological meaning, that they interpreted his name as the 鈥渇ore-thinker,鈥� and considered him endowed with extraordinary prophetic powers.
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Full-text: Epimetheus, Matarisvan, Pramantha, Agni.
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The Concept of Tragedy < [July 鈥� September, 1983]
Archives of Social Sciences of Religions
Ruth Murray Brown: A History of America's Religious Right Movement < [Volume 131-132 (2005)]
Encyclopedic Sourcebook on UFO Religions Edited by James R. Lewis < [Volume 136 (2006)]
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The Chaldean account of Genesis (by George Smith)