Great Flood (cultural traditions)
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The Great Flood, best known as its Biblical version of Noah and the Ark, has left a variety of traditions in many cultures world-wide. In most of them, the stories involve a few survivors and a number of animals in a boat or on a raft; the search for dry land involving a bird; a landing on a mountain, and a sacrifice to the gods after the flood was over.
| European traditions of the Great Flood | |||||
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| Culture or people | Details | Name of Noah | Name of mountain | Number of survivors | Animals involved |
| Greece | Deucalion and Phyrra were warned by Prometheus about the flood and told to build a chest; they survived when the chest landed on a high mountain. | Deucalion | Mt. Parnassis | - | Yes |
| Asian traditions of the Great Flood | |||||
| Culture or people | Details | Name of Noah | Name of mountain | Number of survivors | Animals involved |
| Babylonia | Epic of Gilgamesh; The god Ea warned Unapishtim of the emminent destruction of the earth; the ark built was cube-shaped, and held his family, friends, and all animals | Utnapishtim | Mt. Nisir | 8 | Yes; a raven and dove were used to search for dry land as well |
| Chaldean | Xisuthrus was warned of a coming flood by the god Chronos, who ordered him to build a boat in which to carry family, friends, and two of every kind of animal. | Xisuthrus | - | 8 | Yes; birds were used to find land. |
| China | Hihking; The Chinese classic record details one family survived a great flood by gathering their sons and sons' wives together in a large boat, whereupon they repopulated the earth afterwards. | Fuhi | - | 8 | Yes |
| Sumeria | Eridu Genesis: the god Enki warns Ziudsura to build a large boat due to the coming destruction of the earth. After a flood lasting seven days, Ziudsura sacrifices to the gods. | Ziadsura | translation lost | - | translation lost |
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| Australian traditions of the Great Flood | |||||
| Culture or people | Details | Name of Noah | Name of mountain | Number of survivors | Animals involved |
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| Oceanic Islanders traditions of the Great Flood | |||||
| Culture or people | Details | Name of Noah | Name of mountain | Number of survivors | Animals involved |
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| North American traditions of the Great Flood | |||||
| Culture or people | Details | Name of Noah | Name of mountain | Number of survivors | Animals involved |
| Chippewa | A war between Nanabozho and the Great Serpent who lived at the bottom of Lake Superior; the serpent, being wounded in the fight, vowed to destroy the tribe by a flood. The tribe quickly built rafts, gathered their animals, and escaped to the highest mountains, which were quickly covered over except the one on which stood Nanabozho [1]. | Nanabozho | unknown | unknown | Yes |
| Choctaw | The Great Spirit destroyed a corrupt and wicked human race and all life on earth, except a prophet who went in vain to warn the people to repent or die. The prophet survived by building a raft of sassafras logs. [2]. | known only as the prophet. | unknown | unknown | Yes; the bird which led him to land he named "Puchi Yushuba" (lost pigeon) |
| South American traditions of the Great Flood | |||||
| Culture or people | Details | Name of Noah | Name of mountain | Number of survivors | Animals involved |
| Tamanakis (Carib tribe, Orinoco River basin) | A man and woman escaped to the highest peak after being warned of a flood. Afterward, the tossed coconuts behind them, which became the next race of man. | - | Mt Tapanacu | - | - |
