Which Titan gave fire to humanity and was punished by Zeus?

Prometheus was the Titan who gave fire to humanity and was punished by Zeus.

Prometheus was associated with forethought, intelligence, and humanity’s earliest progress. In the best-known version of the myth, he stole fire from the gods and concealed it in a fennel stalk before returning it to humans. Fire symbolized more than warmth: it enabled cooking, metalworking, craft, technology, and civilization.

Zeus punished Prometheus by chaining him to a mountain, where an eagle ate his liver each day. Because he was immortal, the liver grew back overnight, making the torment effectively endless. Later tradition says Heracles eventually killed the eagle and freed him, with Zeus allowing the release under particular conditions.

Prometheus is sometimes also credited with shaping humans from clay. His story is often paired with the myth of Pandora, whom Zeus sent to humanity after Prometheus’s defiance. He is not Atlas, although both are Titans: Atlas was condemned to bear the heavens, while Prometheus’s punishment concerned his gift of fire.