There are many themes in the myth of Prometheus, however one significant theme is “There are many ideas on how the world came to be.”

The story of Prometheus is a myth because it contains elements of mythology that support the theme. A very important one is “A Struggle for Power”. For example, in the Elements of Mythology states, “This struggle may be a result of a desire for control, vanity,, or jealousy.” This quote in the myth of Prometheus aligns to that. It states “He watched more closely and realized with terrible wrath that what he saw came from fire, that before was the gods’ own sacred power.” These two link because in the myth when man obtained fire, the ruler of Olympus, Zeus, became angry because he thought that Man may