Prometheus shapes man from clay (Apollodorus Bibl. 1.7.1; Ovid Met. 1.76-88; Pausanias 10.4.4)

At Panopeus, Pausanias saw two cart-sized stones said to smell of human skin: the clay left over from mankind.

Apollodorus 1st-2nd c. CE; Ovid 8 CE

Prometheus gave humans fire against the gods' will and was chained for it. Why do so many myths punish whoever gives humans knowledge?