identify a religious/mthological figure/symbol in a print?

Question

it seems like an etching, or wood cut, in the style of dore (whom it may be), depicting a man with one and a half arms; one arm severed, but smooth/healed, seeming, about the elbow, the other holding a torch at, roughly, 45 degree tilt (so that the fuel of the torch's fire would spill from it, though i saw none). to his left (or so it seemed in the program i was watching, that featured it - "history's mysteries: cults" - they may have flipped the picture) appears to be a man, kneeling, looking not unlike a durer christ. it may be meant to convey sparks falling from the torch entering the man (it was used in a segment on gnosticism). it may be merely a small part of a larger picture. any clues? a link, to verify it's the same work, would be useful. further: why is the standing man (perhaps crowned with leaves?) maimed? i've studied something of gnosticism, but don't recognise this symbol. it has a blakean feel, about it, but the art is not as "simple". who are these figures?

good god, this place is full of retards!

(my apologies to retards)

it's a good try, and i thank you for it, but i've read the inferno, with dore's illos, and i don't recall it (furthermore, virgil and dante aren't in the scene, though the bit i have may be a smaller part than the whole). few enough people would be crowned with laurels, in the inferno. virgil gets 'em. i don't think dante's bold enough to give them to himself. they may be found among the virtuous pagans, but it's one of my favourite parts, and i don't remember any scene similar to the one i describe. thanks, again, though!

"all intrepretations are reflective of our inner self" - all such answers are less than useless.

it would help if i knew the artist and print's names, allowing me to find a reproduction of it, online, but i don't - which is the greater part of the reason i'm asking - sooo... i can't show it to ye. ¿comprende?

no, it's not from the inferno, unless i've missed it - i've looked (at dore's inferno, at least).

Answer 1

"Prometheus escaping with fire"
"Prometheus the Fire Bringer" (Pyrphoros).
See if the picture is the one at the bottom left.
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=pt-BR&lr=&rls=RNWE%2CRNWE%3A2006-07%2CRNWE%3Aen&q=Prometheus+&btnG=Pesquisar
About Prometheus and gnosticism see
Of course, this reminds us of that great mythological story from the Greeks about Prometheus. Prometheus is, of course, Kristos-Lucifer. According to the Greeks, Prometheus steals the fire from the sun and takes it down to Earth and gives it to man. There is, of course, marvellous wisdom hidden within this myth that we have to understand. Lucifer descends from the Ain Soph, from that Solar Light, and enters into the planet and is placed in the atmosphere, because the sun deposits its energy during the day into the atmosphere. This is how Prometheus takes the fire of the sun and places it in the Earth. But it is also written in the myth of the Greeks that this Prometheus gives the fire to man. How does that solar light enter into the Human Being? Here is precisely where we have to comprehend and understand the physiology of the human being.
http://www.gnosticteachings.org/courses/the-book-of-revelation/05-church-of-pergamus-transcription.html
See also the painting
Prometheus escaping with fire by Jan Cossiers

Answer 2

I wonder if it's from the Inferno by Dante. The idea of a man being crowned by leaves...it reminds me of the laurels of a poet. I'm not sure, but I wonder if this can help you.

Answer 3

A donut, the universal sign of community and spiritual oneness!!!

Answer 4

It would help if I could see it.

Answer 5

all intrepretations are reflective of our inner self