On Mount Olympus, the gods and goddesses are bored! To distract them, Zeus, the king of the gods, asks Prometheus and Epimetheus to create life on Earth. Epimetheus wants to impress Zeus and begins the mission alone, but once all the gifts have been distributed, Epimetheus is devastated: he has forgotten about men! Prometheus therefore comes to his aid and has the idea of giving fire to men. But, to obtain it, he has no choice but to steal it from the gods...