Re: Pramantha/Prometheus: a false etymology?

From: Jean Kelly
Message: 16980
Date: 2002-12-02

João Simões Lopes Filho wrote:

>KARL KERENYI - Die Mythologie der Griechen - Band I: Die Götter-und
Menschleitsgesichten (Portuguese translation), chapter XIII (he cites
Hesychius Lexicographus as source).

Thank you for the reference, João.

Ravi Chaudhary wrote:
>>Loki fits into another mode, a trickser, a prankster, and how you
would relate him to Promotheus I would like to know.

I wouldn't normally relate Loki to Prometheus. However, on thinking about
it, I did recall the traditions about both gods being imprisoned for a long
time beneath/by a rock - although I can't think of any other shared
similarities.

Glen Gordon wrote:
>>"fire" exists in all three realms of the
cosmos. It exists in the sky (ie: the sun), it also exists on land
obviously. It even exists in the watery underworld.

The sun - sky; everyday fire - earth: OK. But could you explain what you
mean by the existence of fire in the watery underworld?

>>On the other hand, there is the age-old saying "Don't play with fire".
Most
of us have this primal understanding of the potentially harmful outcomes of
fire, especially when it is not respected. Hence, it is a "trickster" since
fire can turn on you at any moment if you're not careful.

Although I can see your reasoning, I'm not entirely convinced by it. I
suspect that there's another explanation for Loki's association with
trickery (no, I don't know what it is).

Jean Kelly