In times of difficulty, she pray for an oracle to guide her.

的时候，她祈祷神谕来指引她。

The earth is the great parent of all, the stones are her bones; these we may cast behind us; this, I think, the oracle means.

大地是万物之母，石就是她的尸骨。我们可以往身后扔石，我想神谕说的就是这个意思。