When Deucalion and Pyrrha throw the stones behind them, as they interpret the oracle __________________.

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The myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha from Greek mythology tells that after a great flood, they consulted an oracle on how to repopulate the earth. The oracle instructed them to throw the "bones of their mother" behind them, which they interpreted as stones from the earth (Earth being the "mother"). When they did so, the stones transformed into human beings, thus repopulating the earth.

When Deucalion and Pyrrha Throw the Stones Behind Them, as They