| Prometheus | Titan creator and benefactor of humankind. |
| Enki | Mesopotamian god of wisdom and tricks; involved in creation of
humankind with Ki. |
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Ki | Mesopotamian mother earth goddess; involved in creation of
humankind with Enki. |
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Pandora | "All giver"; primordial woman created by Zeus to punish mankind as
a way to punish Prometheus. |
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Ziusudra | The Sumerian Noah. |
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Atrahasis | Later (Akkadian) equivalent to Ziusudra, the Sumerian Noah. |
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Lycaon | Wicked man who, by serving human flesh to Zeus, brought about the
flood that nearly exterminated humankind. |
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Deucalion | Son of Prometheus; survived the flood sent by Zeus to destroy
humankind; the Greek Noah. |
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Pyrrha | Wife of Deucalion; survivor of the flood sent to destroy humankind. |
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Hellên | One of the offspring of the "bones of the mother"; ancestor of the
"Hellenes" (Greeks). |
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Eponymous Ancestors | An ancestor whose name survives as the name of a people
or place. Thus Hellên, for example, can be said to be the eponymous
ancestor of the Hellenes (Greeks). |
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Eponym | Same
as Eponymous Ancestor. |
