Titan God of Forethought

 

After molding mankind from clay, and breathing life into them, he stole the gods' fire and gave it to his creations, despite the prohibition of the other gods. As punishment, Zeus chained Prometheus to a rock and sent an eagle to eat his eternally-regenerating liver every day.  Later, the hero Hercules frees Prometheus as one of his labors.

 

Roman name: Prometheus

 

Parents: Titans Iapetos and Klymene

 

Children: As the creator of mankind, all humans are his children on some level.  Famously, however, Prometheus fathers Deucalion, who survives the Great Flood that washes away the rest of a corrupt generation of men, and therefore becomes the progenitor of a long line of Greek kings.

 

Epithets: Chained One, Lofty-Minded