Great Flood in Greek mythology

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cataclysmic flood mythological event

The Great Flood in Greek mythology is a cataclysmic deluge sent by Zeus to destroy a corrupt human race, survived only by Deucalion and Pyrrha, who then repopulate the world.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Great Flood in Greek mythology canonical	2
Deucalion flood myth	1
Deucalion’s Flood	1
Rhodian flood myth	1
the flood of Deucalion and Pyrrha	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cataclysmic flood ⓘ mythological event ⓘ
aftermath	consultation of an oracle by Deucalion and Pyrrha ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Great Flood in Greek mythology ⓘ surface form: Deucalion’s Flood
associatedMountain	Mount Parnassus ⓘ
cause	Zeus’s desire to punish corrupt humanity ⓘ
culture	Greek mythology ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greek mythology
genre	etiological myth ⓘ
hasParallelIn	The Flood ⓘ surface form: Biblical Flood of Noah Mesopotamian flood myths ⓘ
interpretationOfBones	stones ⓘ
interpretationOfMother	Gaia ⓘ surface form: Earth (Gaia)
keyCharacters	Deucalion ⓘ Prometheus ⓘ Pyrrha ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
motivation	destruction of a wicked human race ⓘ
mythologicalFunction	moral cleansing of the world ⓘ reset of human race ⓘ
narratedIn	Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ surface form: Apollodorus’s Bibliotheca Ovid’s Metamorphoses ⓘ Pindar's odes ⓘ surface form: Pindar’s odes
opposedBy	Prometheus ⓘ
oracleInstruction	cover heads and throw the bones of their mother behind them ⓘ
orderedBy	Zeus ⓘ
predecessorRulerInMyth	Lycaon ⓘ
primaryDeityInvolved	Zeus ⓘ
punishmentFor	cannibalism ⓘ impiety ⓘ violation of xenia (sacred hospitality) ⓘ
regionAffected	the whole inhabited world in Greek myth ⓘ
relatedConcept	Heroic Age ⓘ surface form: Greek ages of man
repopulationBy	Deucalion ⓘ Pyrrha ⓘ
repopulationMethod	throwing stones behind their backs ⓘ
result	near-total destruction of humankind ⓘ
stonesTransformedInto	men ⓘ women ⓘ
survivor	Deucalion ⓘ Pyrrha ⓘ
survivorsLandingPlace	Mount Parnassus ⓘ
survivorsLocationDuringFlood	ark-like chest ⓘ
symbolism	renewal after divine judgment ⓘ transition from earlier races of men to a new race ⓘ
timePeriodInMyth	Geras ⓘ surface form: age of Deucalion
triggerEvent	impiety of Lycaon and his sons ⓘ
typeOfMyth	flood myth ⓘ
warnedPerson	Deucalion ⓘ
warningGivenBy	Prometheus ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Pyrrha → survivorOf → Great Flood in Greek mythology ⓘ

Hellen → mythologicalCycle → Great Flood in Greek mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deucalion flood myth

stones of Gaia → associatedWithEvent → Great Flood in Greek mythology ⓘ

subject surface form: Stones of Gaia

Great Flood in Greek mythology → alsoKnownAs → Great Flood in Greek mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deucalion’s Flood

Telchines → linkedTo → Great Flood in Greek mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhodian flood myth

Metamorphōsēs → containsStory → Great Flood in Greek mythology ⓘ

this entity surface form: the flood of Deucalion and Pyrrha