The first modern myth of artificial life — creation without divine sanction. Victor Frankenstein as Promethean scientist: knowledge becomes transgression. The Creature — intelligent, emotional, rejected. From Enlightenment optimism to Romantic horror: science stripped of empathy. Anticipates modern bioethics and AI dilemmas — the maker fears his own creation. Hoffmann’s automaton, Shelley’s monster and Freud’s "uncanny" form one lineage: the SELF estranged by what it builds.