THE FLOOD
The natives of the head waters of the Murray River, or as it is more correctly
called, the Hume River, had a story of a Deluge. Whether this is identical with
our Biblical story of the Flood, when Sisit, or Noah, was advised to build an
Ark and take animals into it for the preservation of himself by providing his
meat foods, and with the New Zealand Maori's account of a Flood that covered the
whole world, is not clear. Our aborigines had no idea of so extensive a
submersion of the Earth as that.
But they did say that water covered a very great extent of country, and all were
drowned but two people. It was timed to be in what the Central Australian
natives call vaguely "the Alcheringa," and by that they meant that they did not
know when nor where, but from it was born a separate race of human kind. The
word "Alcheringa" was never used except when at the time and from the happening
an ancestor was brought into being.
2007-02-17 09:35:44 · 13 answers · asked by Terry 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This does create something of a paradox, as Noah's family was supposed to be the only survivors.
2007-02-17 09:37:10 · update #1
Jung told us of the Collective Unconscious. The ancients including Australian Aborigines connected with the Collective Unconscious and dreamed about Creation. The stories of the Dreamtime, coincide or are similar to all the ancient myths used by humans since time immemorial to explain our human existence.
2007-02-17 09:45:07 · answer #1 · answered by Imogen Sue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
man, how could have that old muthafuka Noah and his wife been the only people left to make all the people and races today. And according to the bible they only had thousands of years to do it in, no way. That's foolish to believe that.
But that doesn't mean the flood didn't happen or a man called Noah who built a ark and evaded the wrath of the flood didn't exist. I think even the Maya and Aztec people believe there race escaped a fatal flood thousands of years ago by retreating underground.
If there was any truth in the story that the aborigines tell about the great flood, I wouldn't be surprised.
2007-02-17 09:48:41 · answer #2 · answered by Tha Most Shady 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many civilizations also have stories of dragons as well. Even on island nations where their is no chance of the legend spreading by word of mouth, you can find the legend of dragons. Does this prove dragons existed? No. Does this prove that human kind has a great imagination? Yes. So when you infer that this story supports the christian bible's claim of being true, you are mistaken. You only cite the Aborigine beliefs that are similar, and not the ones that are totally different. You can point out many similarities in many different religions, but you will find none that have exactly the same beliefs entirely. Until their are cold hard facts that prove their is a god, I will chose to not live in ignorance.
2007-02-17 10:01:13 · answer #3 · answered by Danny 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It could have been a flash flood that occured after a rain storm that became part of the Aboriginal oral tradition.
The biblical flood story was taken from Babylonian myth. If you have a chance, read the Epic of Gilgamesh. Like the Earthquake of 1906, some events are so catastrophic that they are remembered.
2007-02-17 09:42:34 · answer #4 · answered by taa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Bible does not imply that Noah and his family weren't the other survivors.
Otherwise, it is interesting to see somebody cite the univerisality of the Flood myth as a repudiation of Genesis!
2007-02-17 09:43:18 · answer #5 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does it really suprise you that ancient mythologies had common stories? How hard it is to comprehend that preliterate people would invent stories about the power of gods to control nature and bring destruction to people, and there are only so many ways that such people would structure these stories?
Why do you give more credence to ancient stories than to the evidence that modern science is able to find concerning the earth's past?
2007-02-17 09:47:06 · answer #6 · answered by Jim L 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Every ancient civilization has a flood/redemption story. The story of Noah is only one of a dozen or so.
2007-02-17 09:42:33 · answer #7 · answered by mesquitemachine 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When humankind spread abroad after the flood they kept the memory of this event in their legends where ever they went. The legends differ from one another because they are just human memory. I believe the biblical account because I believe the Bible to be the word of God (for this I have my own good reasons, ask me why, if you want to)
2007-02-17 10:00:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes this is a common Myth meant to bring people to the truth of themselves. You may want to read some of Joseph Campbells books on Myth, they are enlightening on the subject.
2007-02-17 09:43:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'll find, when and if you study other religions and their histories, that there are MANY similar stories to the Biblical and stories of Jesus. Very fascinating stuff... I enjoyed learning about such things myself. It opened my eyes rather quickly.
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2007-02-17 09:39:03 · answer #10 · answered by vinslave 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋