Deucalion

E18779
Greek mythological character human mythological figure

Deucalion is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the survivor of a great flood who, with his wife Pyrrha, repopulated the earth.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Deucalion (son of Poseidon and Celaeno) 1
Deucalion is son of Prometheus 1
Deucalionids 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek mythological character ⓘ
human ⓘ
mythological figure ⓘ
ancestorOf Greeks ⓘ
surface form: Hellenes
associatedDeity Themis ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
associatedWith Greek flood myth ⓘ
category Flood heroes in mythology ⓘ
commandedByOracleTo throw the bones of their mother behind them ⓘ
comparedTo Noah ⓘ
Utnapishtim ⓘ
consulted Themis ⓘ
surface form: oracle of Themis
culture Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ
epithet progenitor of the Greek race ⓘ
father Prometheus ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
interpretedBonesOfMotherAs stones of Gaia ⓘ
languageOfTradition Ancient Greek ⓘ
mentionedIn Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ
Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ
surface form: Ovid's Metamorphoses

Pindar's odes ⓘ
surface form: Pindar's writings
mother Clymene ⓘ
Hesione ⓘ
mythologicalLocation Phthia ⓘ
Thessaly ⓘ
notableFor surviving a great flood ⓘ
offspring Amphictyon ⓘ
Candybus ⓘ
Hellen ⓘ
Marathonius ⓘ
Orestheus ⓘ
Pandora (daughter of Deucalion) ⓘ
Protogeneia ⓘ
Meliae ⓘ
surface form: Thyia
parent Hellen ⓘ
partnerInRepopulation Pyrrha ⓘ
punishedGenerationOf Bronze Age humans ⓘ
repopulationMethod throwing stones over shoulders ⓘ
rescuedBy ark ⓘ
chest ⓘ
roleInMyth repopulating the earth after the flood ⓘ
spouse Pyrrha ⓘ
stonesThrownByPyrrhaTransformedInto women ⓘ
stonesTransformedInto men ⓘ
survivedEvent great flood sent by Zeus ⓘ
title King of Phthia ⓘ
worshippedAs culture hero ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Amphictyon → category → Deucalion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deucalionids
Celaeno → child → Deucalion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deucalion (son of Poseidon and Celaeno)
Prometheus → children → Deucalion ⓘ
Amphictyon → father → Deucalion ⓘ
Pyrrha → spouse → Deucalion ⓘ
Pyrrha → spouseParentage → Deucalion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Deucalion is son of Prometheus
Pyrrha → survivorWith → Deucalion ⓘ