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xiaorobear t1_jcyzasr wrote

Reply to comment by half3clipse in Saudi Arabia stone ruins were pilgrimage sites, where an ancient cult gathered to sacrifice animals about 7,000 years ago by marketrent

> Its not a coincidence that when animal offerings were burnt or etc, they were often parts we couldn't eat, or only a small part of the animals.

Of course it's not a coincidence, you can't take credit away from Prometheus tricking Zeus into choosing the inedible parts! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trick_at_Mecone

(ie a fun explanation for why, as you said, the humans get the best bits)

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SwadianZunist t1_jd0w8up wrote

Why don’t people ever talk about this context when they talk about Prometheus? It seems vital.

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OtisTetraxReigns t1_jd1xt4k wrote

Most people only know about the black goo. And Guy Pierce’s bad old-man makeup.

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cosmotosed t1_jd0i6hh wrote

Clearly Zeus was from Nobility if he couldn’t discern the difference between a pile of bones and a pile of meat with a cow stomach on top ;)

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