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<p> Son of Prometheus, who, with his wife Pyrrha, by means of an ark which he built, was saved from a flood which for nine days overwhelmed the land of Hellas. On the subsidence of the flood they consulted the oracle at [[Delphi]] as to re-peopling the land with inhabitants, when they were told by Themis, the [[Pythia]] at the time, to throw the bones of their mother over their heads behind them. For a time the meaning of the oracle was a puzzle, but the readier wit of the wife found it out; upon which they took stones and threw them over their heads, when the stones he threw were changed into men and those she threw were changed into women. </p> | <p> Son of Prometheus, who, with his wife Pyrrha, by means of an ark which he built, was saved from a flood which for nine days overwhelmed the land of Hellas. On the subsidence of the flood they consulted the oracle at [[Delphi]] as to re-peopling the land with inhabitants, when they were told by Themis, the [[Pythia]] at the time, to throw the bones of their mother over their heads behind them. For a time the meaning of the oracle was a puzzle, but the readier wit of the wife found it out; upon which they took stones and threw them over their heads, when the stones he threw were changed into men and those she threw were changed into women. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_71831"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/deucalion Deucalion from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_71831"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/deucalion Deucalion from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 15 October 2021
Deucalion [1]
Son of Prometheus, who, with his wife Pyrrha, by means of an ark which he built, was saved from a flood which for nine days overwhelmed the land of Hellas. On the subsidence of the flood they consulted the oracle at Delphi as to re-peopling the land with inhabitants, when they were told by Themis, the Pythia at the time, to throw the bones of their mother over their heads behind them. For a time the meaning of the oracle was a puzzle, but the readier wit of the wife found it out; upon which they took stones and threw them over their heads, when the stones he threw were changed into men and those she threw were changed into women.
