This was the very entity that was the most powerful. But he soon heard sounds of clanking and pounding, and felt himself being changed by chisel and hammer. He was puzzled at what could possibly be more powerful than solid rock. He looked down. Way below him, was the figure of a stonecutter.
Humans do that sort of stuff.
It's called anthropo- centric . The world revolves around us. We set values of importance. We rate things, want or need, good or bad, to justify actions. It's our very nature.