You may have learned or heard that the flood myth is one of the most common myths in the world. Cultures disconnected for thousands of years share surprisingly similar myths about the world drowning, and a person or a handful of people surviving and repopulating the world. Here’s a short list of some of those flood myths.
- Gilgamesh flood myth of ancient Babylonia
- Noah and the ark in Genesis
- Masai mythology says all the rivers in the world flooded, but the gods warned two people to build a boat
- One Indian myth written around 700 BCE says Matsya (the incarnation of Lord Vishnu as a fish) forewarns Manu (a human) about an impending catastrophic flood and orders him to collect all the grains of the world onto a boat
- in Greek mythology, the Ogygian Deluge ended the Silver Age, and the flood of Deucalion ended the First Bronze Age
- Nüwa, an ancient Chinese goddess, saved the world when floods and fires covered it after a battle between gods
- in Finnish lore, Väinämöinen had a wound that bled so much the entire world flooded and people had to construct a boat to survive
- Australian aboriginals had the myth of Tiddalik, a frog who was so thirsty he drank all the fresh water in the world. When animals conspired to release the water, it replenished the lakes, swamps and rivers
- the Inca believed a flood around Lake Titicaca killed all but two, who repopulated the world
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