The Great Flood of Zeus and Poseidon - Greek Mythology Ep.43 See U in History

The men created by Prometheus and his brother already inhabited the world for several eras, and had already undergone periods of immense prosperity, such as the golden age of man, where happiness was a dominant force, but that period was now a thing of the past. Man who had been gifted with skills that distinguished him from all other animals, skills which gave him the power to challenge nature itself, had become a corrupt creature. The earth was ruled by men's greed, and peace had completely abandoned the earth. The angered Zeus decided to take a drastic measure. He summoned Poseidon in the Olympus. The supreme god asked his brother to flood the entire planet in order to put a definitive end to all men. Poseidon, abided by Zeus' request, stuck his trident on the ground, prompting enormous cracks, which were powerful jets of water, starting to gush out. The world quickly started to submerge. Men died in the millions, drowning by the powerful waves of Poseidon. Vessels were turned upside down and destroyed by the convulsive sea. Stunned, the gods of Olympus witnessed the fury of Zeus against men. Concerned by it, they talked about what the world would look like without human beings, whom would revere and honor the gods if not men. With the help of Athena's wisdom, Zeus decided to turn the end of the human race into a new beginning. He decided to save Deucalion, son of Prometheus, and Pera, who was the daughter of Epinatheus and Pandora. They were the best human beings and feared the gods. So the couple managed to survive the flood in a small boat. When the waters receded again, the men's world was devastated. The couple looked for, in several shattered cities, any glimpse of human life, and yet they found nothing. They decided to go to the temple of goddess Themis, the goddess of justice. And there, they prayed for an answer from the gods how they could repopulate the world since they no longer had the strength or age to do that. The temple's statue replied in an enigmatic tone, If you want to repopulate the earth, then throw the bones of your grandmother over your shoulders and so humanity will be alive again. Pera could not understand how a goddess would ask her to carry out such a desecrating act against her grandmother's tomb. But Deucalion understood that, like always, the oracles would not speak in a straightforward way. He confronted his wife and said, So the couple started to throw stones over their shoulder as they would by the bones of Gaia. Where a stone fell, a statue of a man emerged, which then transformed into a real person. The stones thrown by Deucalion gave rise to men, and those by Pera originated women. The couple wandered like this throughout the world, seeding men and women wherever they passed by.