# re wound in side [Digest urth.v003.n012]

*The Urth list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 11 Aug 1997*

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### John Bishop
*11 Aug 1997, 10:44*

 Prometheus is the other classic "wound in side"
 reference; he can be seen as a prefiguration of
 Christ, in that he sacrifices himself for the
 benfit of mankind.

 Prometheus is non-human (he is a Titan), and the
 benfit is physical and ambigious, rather than
 spiritual and unmixed, so there are differences.
 Not having read the story at issue, I can't guess
 which makes more sense.

       -John
       

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