world lit reading assignment

Genre and Myth: Flood Narrative Comparison Activity

Please see below for a list of tasks associated with this activity. Email your instructor with any questions or concerns.

Part I

• Re-read the following readings from this unit as they will help you complete this activity:
  
  
• Gilgamesh,Vol. A (95-99)
• Part 5 "The Story of the Flood" Tablet XI, Vol. A (143-148)
• The Bible: "Genesis," Vol. A
• Chapters 6-9, Vol. A (163-167)
• Metamorphoses,Vol. A (1073-1076)
• Book I (Lines 240 - 415) (This portion of the reading is NOT in the textbook)
• Satapatha Brahmana (This material is NOT in the textbook, but is available online through the web page below)
• Part I, Book I (Lines 1-44)
  
  
• Construct a table similar to the “Creation Myth Comparison” found earlier in the unit.
  
  
• In your table, make comparisons between the flood narratives found in Gilgamesh, Genesis, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and Satapatha Brahmana, .
  
  
• To accomplish this task, use the table function in your word processing program and save the file when you have finished it under a filename, such as FirstInitialLastNameFloodTable (ex: JDavisFloodTable).