Timelines
- 11.700 Holocene
- Pleistocene
Younger Dryas/last Ice Age
During and after the younger Dryas the Sahara was green
Great Floods after Younger Dryas
https://www.google.com/search?q=great+flood+myths+around+the+world
Great flood myths are prevalent worldwide, including in the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh, the Greek tale of Deucalion, the Hindu story of Manu and the Matsya fish, and the Biblical narrative of Noah. While these myths often feature a destructive flood to cleanse humanity and a survivor who saves life in a vessel, they differ in details such as the cause of the flood, the vessel used, and the identity of the survivor, with theories for their origin including accounts of catastrophic climate events from the last ice age.
Examples of Flood Myths Around the World
- Mesopotamian Myth:In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the gods send a flood to destroy humanity but warn the hero Utnapishtim to build a boat to save himself and his family.
- Biblical Myth:In the Book of Genesis, Noah builds an ark to save his family and animals from a divine flood, with the story also appearing in the Quran.
- Hindu Myth:The fish Matsya, an avatar of the god Vishnu, warns Manu of a coming flood and guides his boat to safety atop a mountain.
- Greek Myth:In the myth of Deucalion, Zeus sends a flood, and the hero and his wife Pyrrha survive by building a chest and eventually repopulating the Earth.
- Chinese Myth:The story of Gun-Shun-Yu describes a great flood, with Yu eventually controlling the waters and saving his people.
- Aztec Myth:The fourth Aztec sun, Nahui-Atl, ended in a 52-year flood, with only Tata and Nena surviving by carving a cypress tree.
- Polynesian Myth:The figure Nu escapes a flood in a vessel with a house on top, landing on a mountain after the waters recede.
Common Themes and Possible Origins
- Divine Retribution:Many myths portray floods as a punishment from the gods for human wickedness or disobedience.
- Chosen Survivors:A common motif is a divinely chosen individual or family who survives the deluge in a special vessel.
- Vessels:Survivors typically build a boat, ark, or other craft to ride out the flood.
- Climate and Geological Events:Some theories suggest that flood myths may have originated from collective memories of real-world catastrophic events, such as periods of rapid sea-level rise and intense flooding following the last Ice Age.
World Flood Myths
Did you know there are over 200 myths from all over the world about a major Flood? If a worldwide Flood never happened, why are there so many stories about it?
(and then they use this as "verification" of the biblcal flood... haha)
(and then they use this as "verification" of the biblcal flood... haha)
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Gobekli Tepe
Could Gobekli Tepe be one of the first monuments (of many?) of right after the end of the Younger Dryas?