What is a Flood Myth?
A flood myth is a type of origin story common to many cultures worldwide. In most versions of the story, much of the earth’s population is wiped out in a global flood caused by a deity or several deities. Some experts suggest that the flood myths may be based in human memory of extinction events or natural disasters, used to explain ancient ruins, or meant to encourage the belief that the survivors were chosen by a higher power to be saved. Probably the most famous flood myth is the story of Noah’s Ark, from Judeo-Christian texts. In this tale, God has become angry that most humans are sinning and not being devoted. He gets Noah, an honest and devout man, to build an enormous boat and fill it with his family and two of each kind of animal. After Noah has done this, God kills everything else on the planet with a flood, leaving Noah’s family and the animals as the only survivors. Being pleased with Noah and his sons, God decreed he would never again send a flood. Indian mythology provide
