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Flood Myth

Frazer: The flood myth

It might be time for a clarification. Since flood myths play quite a big role in cristian creationist ideology and since there is a lot of material online on the subject hosted on creatonist propaganda websites, I feel I need to distance myself from the creationist...

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Flood stories from around the world

In this really impressive online source, a guy called Mark Isaak has collected hundreds of flood myths from literally all over the world. Quite a collection! It gives a good impression of the omnipresence of the flood myth. Check it out here:...

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The louse and the flea

A fairy tale as collected by the Brothers Grimm: A little louse and a little flea kept house together. They were brewing beer in an eggshell when the little louse fell in and burned herself to death. At this the little flea began to cry loudly. Then the little parlor...

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The Great Flood of Gun-Yu

The Great Flood of Gun-Yu (Chinese: 鯀禹治水), also known as the Gun-Yu myth, was a major flood event in ancient China that allegedly continued for at least two generations, which resulted in great population displacements among other...

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The rescueing flood

This painting shows a scene from early buddhist texts from the 3. and 4. Century AD: When Mara, the God of Death, attacked Siddhattha, Siddhattha called on Vasundhara, also referred to as Bhumi or Mother Earth, to save him. Vasundhara creates a massive flood by...

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Benjamin Britten’s Opera about the flood of 1953

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ughJeJ4LJD0 "Noye's Fludde" is an opera by british composer Britten from 1958 based on the Noah myth. It premiered in England just 5 years after the great North Sea Flood of 1953. UK; 20. Century; Christian; Music, Opera; Noah

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The New Ark

Since 2017 there is a "life size" Ark in Kentucky, USA: https://arkencounter.com/ USA; 21. Century; Christian; Sculpture, Theme Park

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