Which mythology do you think best reflects man's nature?

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How about Procrustes? Procrustes in Greek mythology was a bandit from Attica. He had built his fortress in the hills by the roadside. There he made an iron bed into which he invited every passerby to lie down. And then, if the guest proved too tall, he would cut the excess length and if the guest was found too short, he would be stretched out on the rack until he fit. Nobody would ever fit in the bed because it was secretly adjustable. And Procrustes would stretch or shrink it upon sizing his victims from afar. Procrustes continued his terrorism until he was captured by Theseus who fitted Procrustes to his own bed and cut off his head and feet. A Procrustean bed is an arbitrary standard which is imposed on main stream logic as a sole standard.