Deucalion

[doo-key-lee-uhn, dyoo-]

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Prometheus who survived the Deluge to regenerate the human race.

Deucalion

/ djuːˈkeɪlɪən /

noun

1. the son of Prometheus and, with his wife Pyrrha, the only survivor on earth of a flood sent by Zeus ( Deucalion's flood ). Together, they were allowed to repopulate the world by throwing stones over their shoulders, which became men and women

Example Sentences

The Ojibwe First Nations people in North America speak of The Great Serpent and the Great Flood; the story of Manu and Matsya is a Hindu flood myth; and the Welsh tale of Dwyvan and Dwyvach is an analogue for the son of Prometheus in Ancient Greek mythology, Deucalion, who survives the flood by building a large chest upon which to float.

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They were Deucalion and Pyrrha—he Prometheus’ son, and she his niece, the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora.

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Deucalion was forced to agree that she was right, but he tried to think out what might lie behind the words and suddenly he saw their meaning.

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Pyrrha and Deucalion came down from Parnassus, the only living creatures in a dead world.

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It fell hard and ceaseless from the heavens as the deluge that had both inundated Deucalion and buoyed up Noah; and as with that deluge, we knew not whether it fell as an admonition for our sins or as the promise of a brighter, newly washed morning to come.

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