# What Mortality and Immortality means in Bulfinch’s Mythology

> The contrast between mortal suffering and divine immortality is explored through heroes who seek eternal fame, gods who envy human love, and tales of death, the underworld, and apotheosis.

## Explanation

The contrast between mortal suffering and divine immortality is explored through heroes who seek eternal fame, gods who envy human love, and tales of death, the underworld, and apotheosis.

The creation of man from earth and the gift of fire highlight the boundary between mortal and immortal; Prometheus's immortal suffering contrasts with human mortality.

Io and Callisto undergo physical transformations that blur the line between human and animal, while Callisto is ultimately immortalized among the stars.

Callisto's mortal form is lost to a bear's body, but she is ultimately granted immortality as a constellation.

The couple's wish to die together is granted, yet they achieve a form of immortality through their transformation and continued existence as sacred trees.

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