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Prometheus (Prometheus)

Prometheus stole fire from the gods and gave it to people. Jupiter punished him for the theft. The story tells how people came to have fire, and what that gift cost the one who brought it.

Grades 5–8. Myth.

How it connects

Fire is the sign to remember, and the warning is that a gift from the gods can still be forbidden.

Latin words that go with this card: ignis, deus.

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