Promethean
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Promethean may refer to:
- PrometheusPrometheusIn Greek mythology, Prometheus is a Titan, the son of Iapetus and Themis, and brother to Atlas, Epimetheus and Menoetius. He was a champion of mankind, known for his wily intelligence, who stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals...
, a character from Greek mythology, who was punished by the gods for stealing fire from the heavens to give to humans - Mary Shelley gave her novel FrankensteinFrankensteinFrankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus is a novel about a failed experiment that produced a monster, written by Mary Shelley, with inserts of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty-one. The first...
the subtitle The Modern Prometheus - Promethean: The CreatedPromethean: The CreatedPromethean: The Created is a role-playing game published by White Wolf, set in the new World of Darkness.The game is inspired by the classic tales of Frankenstein's monster, the Golem and other such simulacra. The characters are individuals created by first dismembering and reassembling human...
, a role-playing game published by White Wolf, Inc., involving artificial life forms similar to Frankenstein's monster - Promethean LtdPromethean LtdPromethean World plc is based in Blackburn in Lancashire. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE SmallCap Index...
: a global education company based in the UK
See also
- Prometheus (disambiguation)Prometheus (disambiguation)Prometheus is a figure in Greek mythology.Prometheus may also refer to:-Astronomy and space exploration:* Prometheus , of Saturn* Prometheus , on Jupiter's moon Io* Project Prometheus, NASA's nuclear propulsion program...
- PrometheismPrometheismPrometheism or Prometheanism was a political project initiated by Poland's Józef Piłsudski. Its aim was to weaken the Russian Empire and its successor states, including the Soviet Union, by supporting nationalist independence movements among the major non-Russian peoples that lived within the...
, political project initiated by Poland's Józef Piłsudski