Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-31278419-20170331010234/@comment-734582-20170522124820

Starscream1998 wrote: I like the whole 'Eve' thing Kishi I have a special place in hell reserved for the Adam and Eve plot. It's one of the more pretentious tropes: let's add instant depth by referring to adam and eve!

Far more interesting is how it's done in the Manga, which actually follows the Prometheus story more closely. Kaguya in that sense fulfills the role of Epimetheus (the much less famous brother), as a girl who took power without forethought, while Prometheus stole the power of the gods to fix that mistake. Notably, Prometheus got punished hard for his defiance of the gods. In the Hagoromo=Prometheus analogy, that punishment came in the form of Hagoromo having to watch his sons fight and tear up his legacy across the ages.

Hagoromo spread Kaguya's power (in the form of the Ten Tails) to all humans in order to ensure they could stand up for themselves. Humanity was punished in the greek tragedy by Pandora, whose box contained all evil in the world and brought tragedy and pain. Black Zetsu is pandora in that sense, whose machinations brought eternal war.