The story of Noah and the Great Flood has carried both moral concepts and legend throughout history. Noah, the Ark, and the Flood is only one of hundreds of stories told around the world for hundreds and thousands of years. These are just a few of the stories shared around the world:
The Chipewyans have a legend of a deluge when the waters spread over the whole earth. The only exception was the highest mountains, on the tops of which they preserved themselves. The story is told by the Mandans that there were four tortoises on the earth, to the north, south, east and west. Each tortoise rained for ten days, and the water covered the earth.
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: Atlantis: the Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly; The Mammoth and the Flood by Henry Hoyle Howorth; Ancient Athens: its History, Topography, and Remains by Thomas Henry Dyer.
With so many stories of great floods we can only wonder if all these legends point to the same Cataclysmic event? Plato gave us the story of Atlantis being wiped out by a major flood, with a large civilization disappearing in one day and one night. Storytellers have carried forth an amazing legend of events that has resounded around the world. - 29943
The Chipewyans have a legend of a deluge when the waters spread over the whole earth. The only exception was the highest mountains, on the tops of which they preserved themselves. The story is told by the Mandans that there were four tortoises on the earth, to the north, south, east and west. Each tortoise rained for ten days, and the water covered the earth.
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: Atlantis: the Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly; The Mammoth and the Flood by Henry Hoyle Howorth; Ancient Athens: its History, Topography, and Remains by Thomas Henry Dyer.
With so many stories of great floods we can only wonder if all these legends point to the same Cataclysmic event? Plato gave us the story of Atlantis being wiped out by a major flood, with a large civilization disappearing in one day and one night. Storytellers have carried forth an amazing legend of events that has resounded around the world. - 29943
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