Ancient Tales
Noah
“Noah…the hero of the biblical Flood story in the…book of Genesis.”
“The story…has close affinities to Babylonian traditions of apocalyptic floods.”
Noah, biblical figure - britannica.com
Chinese River Floods
“…a legend about great flooding along the Yellow River, which…corresponds to the ancient Cradle of Chinese Civilization [中華文化發祥地 ], during the Xia (BCE 2000-1500) Dynasty.”
Purpose of [ancient] Beijing and Hangzhou Grand Canal - chinatravel.com
Aboriginal Peoples - Australia
“The Rainbow Serpent is…the giver of life, due to its connection to water, however it can be a destructive force if enraged.” - australia.com
Cassandra
“a woman in [Greek mythology was cursed to utter true prophecies, but never to be believed.”
Japanese/Mongol Storms
“…the kamikaze, or ‘divine wind,’ that twice saved Japan from Kublai Khan’s Mongol fleets…” - nationalgeographic.com
Native American (When Raven Was Killed)
“They went to the river, but it was dry. They went to a lake, but it was empty. There was no water to be found! Then the people began to get thirsty.” - ankn.uaf.edu
Easter Island
“The civilization that built the moai declined because the resources it needed to survive disappeared, in part because the people…overused them.” - mvths.org
Egypt/Eastern Mediterranean
Causes of “the cataclysm: the invasion of ancient Egypt in 1177 BCE by [the]…‘SeaPeoples’…plus climate change, famines, droughts, rebellions, earthquakes.” - haaretz.com
Greenland Vikings
“…their way of life would have been impossible to maintain…essentially victims of globalization and a pandemic.” - smithsonianmag.com
India/Pakistan
“The decline of…the enigmatic Indus Valley Civilization” has been attributed to long-term drought. - nature.com
Ekoi/Nigeria
“Waters came, covered his farm, and threatened to cover the whole earth.” - Courlander, Harold. A Treasury of African Folklore, Marlowe and Company, New York, 1996.
Flood Stoires from Around the World - talkorigins.org
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
“the four riders are often seen as symbolizing…Pestilence…War, Famine, and Death.” - wikipedia.org
