Christianity (Aka Noah’s Ark)

In the Judeo-Christian Flood Story, God Became Angry with the Sins of Mankind. He Told His Faithful Servant, Noah, to Build an Ark Large Enough for His Family (Which Included Eight People; His Wife, His Three Sons and Their Wives) and Two of Every Creature on Earth. God Delivered the Promised Deluge, Killing Everyone and Everything on Earth Except the Population of the Ark.

Perhaps the Oldest Flood Story Is One of the Earliest Stories Known to Man, the Epic of Gilgamesh. Recorded on 12 Stone Tablets This Is Among the First Pieces of Literature in History.

The Aztec Flood Story Shares Similarities with the Story of Noah’s Ark with Some Radical Plot Twists. in This Story, Titlacauan Warned the Man Named Note and His Wife Nena, of a Coming Flood. Nata and Nena Hollowed out a Cypress Tree, and Titlachahuan Sealed Them Inside, Telling Them That They May Only Eat One Ear of Maize Each. Here Is Where the Story Is Wildly Different from Others.

Zeus, the King of the Gods, Was Displeased with the Human Population, or the Pelasgians, (Which Is a Catch-All Term for the Indigenous People of the Agean Region). Zeus Told Deucalion, the Son of Prometheus, to Construct an Ark for Himself and His Wife, Pyrrha, Who Also Happened to Be Deucalion’s Cousin. After Nine Days of Flooding, the World Was Destroyed, and the Ark Rested on Top of Mount Parnassus. When the Waters Receded, Deucalion and His Cousin-Wife Offered a Sacrifice to Zeus to Learn How to Repopulate the Earth. Zeus Told Them to Throw Stones over Their Shoulders. the Stones Thrown by Deucalion Became Men, and Those Thrown Behind Pyrrha Became Women. Which Was a Relatively Tidy (And Magical) Way to Explain the Repopulation of the Earth While Skirting the Whole Incest Issue.

The Hindu Deluge Tale Is Unique from Other Religions. in Hindu Teachings, Manu, or the First Man, Was Not Visited by a God, but Rather by a Fish. in Some Tellings of This Story, the Fish Is the Deity, Lord Vishnu. This Fish/God Told Manu That the World Would Be Destroyed in a Great Flood. Manu Built a Boat and Tied It to the Horn of the Great Fish. the Fish Guided Manu’s Boat Through the Floods And, Not Surprisingly, to the Top of a Mountain. When the Floodwaters Receded, Manu Performed a Ritual Sacrifice and Poured Butter and Sour Milk into the Sea. After a Year, a Woman Rose from the Water and Announced Herself as “The Daughter of Manu. ” So It Is Manu and His “Daughter” That Repopulate the Earth.

Buddhists Have an Elaborate Flood Story Called Samudda-Vāṇija Jātaka. in an Indian Village, There Lived 1000 Families of Dishonest Carpenters. These Carpenters Would Tell People That They Could Build Anything from Houses to Chairs and Would Take the Money and Never Deliver Any Goods or Do Any Work. Because of This They Were, Not Surprisingly Despised in the Village and Quickly Needed to Find a New Place to Live.

Throughout History and Even Today, Flooding Has Been an Enormous Problem in China. the Success of an Emperor’s Reign Would Be Judged on How Well They Dealt with Flooding and Protected the Food Supply.

The Norse Flood Story Is Starkly Different from the Others in That the World Was Flooded, but Not with Water. When Odin and His Brothers Villi and Ve Killed the Giant Ymir, the Blood That Poured from His Body Flooded the Earth. That’s Right, the World Was Drowned in Blood. in This Literal Bloodbath, a Single Frost Giant Named Bergelmir and His Wife Made an Ark, Were Saved, and Repopulated the Earth.

The Aboriginal Culture Has a History Rich in Storytelling, and Their Flood Story Has a Noticeable Lack of the Common Elements. No Angry Deity and No Ark. but the Story Is So Entertaining That There Are Several Children’s Books About the Frog Who Flooded the World.

Ojibwe/Chippewa Tribe

Native American Tribes Have Long Told Stories to Preserve Their Language, and to Teach Values and Moral Lessons. Such Is the Story of Waynaboozhoo (Or Nanabozho) and the Great Flood. This Story Explores the Time Which Is Not Commonly Explored, the Period Between the Flood and the Receding of the Water.

The Reality in Flood Myths?

Flood Stories Pervade Hundreds of Cultures and There Are Striking Similarities to Many of the Accounts. It Seems That at Least Some of These Stories Could Be Based Upon Actual Events. Geologists Have Proposed the Possibility of a Great Flood in the Middle East at the End of the Last Ice Age, Which Was About 7,000 Year's Ago. at That Time, the Black Sea Was a Freshwater Lake Surrounded by Farmlands.

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