Great Flood Legends Around The World
Noah, the Ark, and the Flood is only one of hundreds of stories told around the world for hundreds and thousands of years. There are legend from many civilizations that carry the same catastrophic events in ways that reflect their own interpretations, but each carries similar threads.
The Mandans, who populated an area on the Missouri, told the story of the earth as a huge tortoise covered with dirt and supported by water. One day men of white color pierced the carapace of the tortoise while digging to catch badgers. Immediately water gushed from the hole and drown all of mankind except one man.
The Mattoles in Northern California have the story of a horrific flood, when their forefathers took refuge on Taylor Peak. Californias speak of a time when the whole country was flooded, except for Mount Diablo and Reed Peak.
One day a prophet living near the Gila Valley of the Pimas was warned by an eagle of an impending flood, but the prophet laughed at the idea. A second, then a third warning came, and still he did not listen. With a sudden thunderous sound came a wall of water. Only one man survived, by the name of Szenkha.
In Mexico legend speaks of the age of water, when the inhabitants of earth were turned into fish. The Mexican Noah is known as Tezpi, who saved his children, several animals, and grains. When the water subsided he sent a vulture to clear away the carcasses, and then the hummingbird who returned with new green leaves which lead him to the mountain Colhuacan.
Many of these stories were shared in public domain books such as: Ancient Athens: its History, Topography, and Remains by Thomas Henry Dyer; Atlantis: the Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly; The Mammoth and the Flood by Henry Hoyle Howorth.
Each story speaks of a great flood, and many of these stories begin with the people facing the east, toward the presumed location of Atlantis. Could these stories all speak of the same event? The words of Plato share with us the catastrophic event that lead to the demise of an entire civilization. Storytellers around the world have echoed a major world event with their own amazing twists.
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