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Deucalion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Deucalion (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
•Deucalion, son of Prometheus, survivor of the Deucalian Deluge. •Deucalion, son of Minos and Pasiphae, and apparently succeeded his older brother Catreus as King of Crete, father of Idomeneus. •Deuka...
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When Nyctimus succeeded to the kingdom of Arcadia, there occurred the Flood in the age of Deucalion 1. Some said that it was caused by the impiety of Lycaon 2 and his sons.
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Greek Mythology Gods ... Deucalion prayed that Zeus might restore mankind. According to the more common tradition, Deucalion and Pyrrha went to the sanctuary of Themis, and prayed for the same thing. The goddess bade therm cover their heads and throw the bones of their mother behind them in walking from the temple.
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Because Deucalion cared for his father so much, Prometheus told his son that Zeus was planning to flood the earth, and thus the legend of Deucalion began. Deucalion is not a very recognized character in mythology, but he is credited with recreating humans.
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Deucalion was the son of Prometheus. He married Pyrrha, the daughter of his uncle Epimetheus and of Pandora, the first woman. ... Deucalion understood that by "bones of their mother", Zeus meant stones, the "bones" of mother Earth. And from the stones he threw, men were born, and women from the stones thrown by...
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