Deucalion Pyrrha Greek Flood Reboot

In ancient Greek mythology, Zeus decided to wipe out mankind by flooding the Earth, and only Deucalion and his wife, Pyrrha, survived by building an ark and riding out the deluge. After the waters receded, they landed on Mount Parnassus and sought guidance from the oracle of Themis on how to repopulate the world. The oracle told them to throw the "bones of their mother" over their shoulders, which they understood to mean stones from Mother Earth. The stones Deucalion threw turned into men, and the ones Pyrrha threw became women, creating a new human race from the remnants of the old.

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