Does anyone know of the various Flood Myth?

Question

The flood myth, e.g Noah's Ark. etc, has appeared in religious texts and as a myth in many many religions and faiths, even just as folklore.

E.g. Hinduism, the legend of Manyu and the 1st avatar of Vishnu, the Matsya, who enveloped the world in waters, and many had to take the animals onboard his ark

The sumerian legend of Ziusudra

along with Akkad, Babylon, ancient china, so MANY ancient civilizations refer to a flood of epic proportions that seemingly wiped out a large quantity of life on earth.

Who else has noticed this, and why do people think this is?

I have postulated two suggested answers

1. fantastical/spiritual = the flood myth refers to an actual physical event. The myth was ingrained in humanity, and refers to a "bygone era" where men and gods walked together.

2. rational/scientific = As with the single ancestors theory, it could simply have been a myth or folk tale that was known to a single group, that dispersed globally, and over many generations, it was repeated and changed in a global game of chinese whispers until very few (nevertheless significant) ideas remained in the story in the different cultures.

Answer 1

Island of Mu, the numberous Atlantis Myths, the Minoans

The list goes on and on.

Could it have been when the Sahara tropics disappeared and became desert that a major shift in the earth's balance happened and what was once land became ocean and what was once ocean became land?  It would be my guess that many regions suffered the same basic fates and as the cultures came together these major stories and "myths" became referencing points for each culture since they had a simular scenario and outcome.

Answer 2

And the Iroquois legend says that they rode the flood on the back of a giant turtle.

Yes, the story is in many cultures, and most are much older than the one of the Christian Bible.

I do not believe in a multiple flood theory, so the idea of a scattering of people must be the right theory for me.

Answer 3

According to certain information I have, the flood occurred 10,983 BCE and the Great Pyramid was built by Thoth to preserve the knowledge and wisdom of mankind including that of Atlantis...

Thoth had several names and Chephren was one of them, Chephren was also one of five names that an Egyptian King such as Cheops had, this name was carved into the walls...

This is fascinating reading I can tell you, it comes from a book titled "Crop Circles, Gods and their Secrets" by Robert Boerman...

Here is a site I have saved, Flood Stories From Around The World...

http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-my...

In Light... )O(    

Answer 4

why, you are a smart one. thank you for this smiling invisible live gallery.