What are some flood ledgends from around the world, similar to Noah's flood in Genesis?

Question

I have heard that many cultures have stories of floods, but I am having trouble finding what they are. Any good books you know of that talk about it? Or just something that I can look up, such as the name of a myth? Thanks

Answer 1

The Greeks had a flood myth - it's usually referred to as "Deucalion's flood". The gods flooded the earth, but told Deucalion and his wife, Pyrrha, to build an ark (no animals in this myth). When they touched land and saw that the earth needed to be repeopled, they asked the oracle at Themis how to do so. It told them to throw "the bones of their mother" over their shoulders as they walked. They took this as meaning rocks (earth being mother). The rocks that Deucalion threw became men, and those that Pyrrha threw women.

Anyway, that's a short version of the myth, with more than a few things left out. You can read about it further in Robert Graves's "The Greek Myths", and you can probably find something about it on the web as well.

Answer 2

The flewd replaced right into a metaphorical connection with the placement, which replaced into like a tsunami or some thing hitting the region the place Biblical traditions have been practiced and stored. So Noah geared up the arc, besides the undeniable fact that it purely had animals from the region and stuff. Evolution occurred formerly and after Noah and the flewd, and it did not relatively smash the full international. the international replaced into flat and small back then, with much less mountains. The water evaporated and became into clouds, it is why we've rain and snow right this moment.

Answer 3

You have no farther to look then in the Torah of the Jews or the Old Testament of the Christians to find a flood legend other then the one of Noah's day! The old world(not Noah's time) was the first "generation" of the heavens and the earth (Genesis 1:1). It perished in a flood of waters long before Noah was even born.
The passage of 2 Peter 3:5-7 is NOT a reference to Noah's flood, because who today is ignorant of Noah's flood? But many "willingly are ignorant" of this previous flood, because it speaks of things which happened before the events of the six days of Genesis, and that upsets some theological apple carts.

The heavens and Earth "which are now" are the second "generation" of the heavens and the Earth, the creation of which began when God said, "Let there be light..."(Gen 1:3) and was accomplished in six literal 24-hour days, with God "resting" on the seventh day. Our present earth and heavens were regenerated by God from the physical remains of the old world. This is why the Bible says:

"These are the generations [] of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,"
(Genesis 2:4 KJV)

You will find this legend around the world, and in books, myths,legends, and even the fossil record as well. It is the ancient, pre-Adamite flood that occurred immediately after the rebellion of Lucifer! Some point to Genesis 1:2 as the place in scripture where it occurred. Our present world is a 'recreation' of this original creation, which Lucifer(now Satan) ruled over on earth.
It is a scriptural reality which fits the geologic(fossil) evidence, but not the secular theories of uniformitarian geology and Evolution, I might add.
Neither does it fit the doctrines of the contemporary Young Earth Creationist movement either, of which I am not! I firmly believe that this old planet is truly old, and that being billions of years!

Answer 4

Just about every American Indian tribe has legends of a great flood in their mythology. Find a book about Indian myths and legends and, if possible, talk to an old elder of any Indian Nation.

One such book is "American Indian Myths and Legends" selected and edited by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz.

Answer 5

The Popol Vuh is book written in the Classical Quiché language containing mythological narratives and a genealogy of the rulers of the post classic Quiché Maya kingdom of highland Guatemala.

There are 4 parts. Part 1 speaks about the flood:
Part 1
Gods create world.
Gods create first "wood" humans, they are imperfect and emotionless.
Gods destroy first humans in a "resin" flood; they become monkeys.
Twin diviners Hunahpu & Xbalanque destroy arrogant Vucub-Caquix; then Zipacna & Cabracan.

Answer 6

The Hindu religion has almost an identical story except for the names. The character Noah is called Manu, who dreams of a flood. He makes a huge boat and collects various specimens of plants and amimals in it. The flood comes, and his boat is cought in a storm. Then a huge fish with a horn comes, and his boat is towed by the fish to land.

Answer 7

This particular flood story origined from the mesopotamian region.
The Baylonian name for the god Noah was Utnapishtim. But the sumerians came before and their name for the same godhead was Ziusudra.

Answer 8

The Epic of Gilgamesh is supposed to be the origin of the Noah story.

Answer 9

Many of the religions would take from other "pagan" religions to bring in more of a following.

Answer 10

in The indian religion there is a story very simlar