Does The "bones of the mother" refer to stones in the earth in the myth of the universal flood?

Question

Does The "bones of the mother" refer to stones in the earth in the myth of the universal flood?

Answer 1

It can't, because there was no such thing as a universal flood.

Answer 2

Beatriz how about you read the book and do not cheat on the quiz?

Answer 3

The universal flood is a complex story with many layers of meaning.  In particuliar you are referring to the myth of Deucalion.  There are other enigmas from Greek antiquity with obscure meanings. For instance the legend of Deucalion, king of Phthia, mythical city of Thessalonica ... Jupiter decides to destroy the humanity of the Bronze Age through a flood. Prometheus, in the know about this design, informs his son Deucalion and recommends that he construct an arch for himself and his wife Pyrrha. Jupiter causes floods which inundate the whole earth. For nine days and nine nights Deucalion floats over the waters and finally escapes to the top of Mt. Parnasse. He asks Jupiter to reproduce man just as he had destroyed it. Jupiter orders Deucalion and Pyrrha to throw over their heads the stones behind them. The stones thrown by Deucalion become men; those thrown by Pyrrha, women. The oracle of Themis had prescribed to the couple to throw behind the bones of their mother by concealing their front, to repopulate the earth, the enigma which they achieve to "divine": The stones are the bones of the earth, which is the mother of human beings. Deucalion reigns afterwards in Thessalonica over restored mankind.

"To throw behind them the bones of their mother, by concealing their front, to resettle the earth" may signify nothing but the newborn baby, who, yet blind, "throws behind the bones of his mother" by pushing its feet to exit the maternal womb in order to "repopulate the earth" in order to be born.