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Unit 5A Study Guide: Flood Myths

With this study guide, I have completed parts of this chart for you. You complete the rest. I have completed the guide for the first two myths for you, so you can see how this study guide works. Pay attention to my comments under the “Anything Noteworthy” heading, and fill in the “holes” elsewhere in the chart.

Myth	Reason for Flood	Helper? How are humans saved?	After flood, what happens?	How earth repopulated?	Anything noteworthy?
Noah 121 Bible	Wickedness; Yahweh regrets making man; Yahweh’s heart grieves	Yahweh tells Noah to build ark. Gives special instructions. Must take 2 of every kind, food, 7 birds. Lands on Mt. Ararat.	Sends raven—flies away. Sends dove 3 times. 2nd dove brings olive branch. 3rd dove flies away. Burns offering. Gives thanks. Promise from God	Noah's family.	Details in this story are very details. Age of Noah 600. Time in ark--about 1 year.
Manu and Fish 125 India	Not told	Fish in water jar asks Manu to take care of him and the fish will protect Manu. Manu takes care of fish. Fish grows to become a great ghasha; Manu ties rope to ghasha and is lead to mountain top when the rains begin.	Not told	Not told	No reason given for flood
Utnapishtim 125 Babylonia	.	Gods warn Utnapishtim. Tell him to stop work, tear down house, build great ship 10 coz cubits high and wide. Take male & female of every kind. Take family, provisions and fineries.	..	Not told	Utnapishtim b/came a god by virtue of his goodness. This story is like Noah (ark, prov, birds). Time shorter. This is part of Gilgamesh epic, a much longer story about the exploits of Gilgamesh. The oldest flood myth is the Sumerian flood that forms the basis of the Gilgamesh epic.
Flood Myth 126 Hawaii	Not told	In one version, two humans were saved on a small peak on Mauna Kea. In Noah version: Nu'u builds houseboat.		Not told	2 stories: one like Noah; one big flood covered all except Mauna Kea where 2 humans survived.
Tata & Nena 128 Aztec			Tata and Nena happy. Catch and eat a fish, against orders. After they were full, they remem. Command. Tlaloc changes them to dogs.	Gods destroy whole world--bring in 5th Sun	Moral: Even most righteous people were disobedient. Must obey the gods.
Deucalion 128 Greece	Humans wicked, arrogant.			Couple was told to veil heads and throw behind bones of mother [meaning Mother Earth=rocks]. They throw rocks that b/come humans who repopulate the earth..	Zeus and Prometheus are still at odds. Rains only 9 days.

Similarities: Lots of accounts of floods. Flood lasts for awhile. People wicked-caused it themselves. People receive some help--often divine. Earth repopulates by few humans. Some sort of boat is often used. Man had to save animals, too. Birds are often used to test area.

Messages: Human wickedness caused flood. Humans get supernatural help. Earth is a better place after flood.