The Great Flood

Nuh persists in delivering his message for a long time—950 years, according to the Quran. He approaches his people in various ways.

LaCroix and Michels examine the Younger Dryas period, hypothesized by Graham Hancock and Randall Carlson to have included a comet or meteor impact around 12,000 years ago.

Due to the wrath of the gods or test of resilience and faith. As the waters rose, many were forced to flee, leaving behind their homes and possessions.

God made holes in the sky for the waters to issue from by removing two stars from the Pleiades. He later closed the hole by borrowing two stars from the Bear.

Goon giji of Cape Grafton, Queensland: They tell of a land that became the Great Barrier Reef, once dry and inhabited, until a flood was sent by gods when a man named Gona ate a forbidden fish.

Polynesian

The Sinking of Hiva

A series of catastrophic events that led to the submersion of Hiva. Massive earthquakes split the ground apart. The ocean itself rose in an unstoppable tide.

Hiva is often referenced in connection with the legendary ancestral homelands of various Polynesian peoples.

The Great Flood Story

Yoruba mythology

In Yoruba mythology, the Great Flood is a significant event that marks a divine intervention by the Orishas, the gods of Yoruba culture.

Could the cultivation of Cucurbita stretch to a time before the Great Flood, approximately 12,800 years ago?

After the Great Flood

Time Periods in Lagoa Santa

First Burial Pattern (10,600 to 9,700 years ago): Intact bodies in specific positions, like a seated child, mark Lagoa Santa’s earliest funerary practices.

With a stabilized climate, renewed access to resources, and an opportunity to settle in one place, these survivors laid the foundations of a new era of civilization.

In the first volume, Clavigero recounts the legend of Votan, a cultural hero for the Chiapenese, who is said to have been closely connected to a great flood.

Ignatius Donnelly

The Deluge Legends of America

America traditions of the Deluge coming infinitely nearer to that of the Bible than among any people of the Old World.

The Grand Canyon was formed and folded quickly, within a short period, rather than over millions of years.

Ark of Noah

Noah’s Family

The only survivors of the Great Flood were Noah, his wife, Shem, Ham, Japheth and their wives. Noah’s brother Nir did not survive.

The pre-flood world was a time of advanced civilizations, divine beings interacting closely with humans, and a lush, fertile environment.

The Etemenanki, a massive ziggurat dedicated to the god Marduk, in ancient Babylon is often linked to the biblical Tower of Babel.

The original Hebrew word for the “Tower of Babel” is מִגְדַּל בָּבֶל (Migdál Bável). Bavel is Babylon in Roman language.

Eastern Türkiye

Mount Ararat

And in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat.

Poseidon struck the ground with his trident, causing the river Erymanthos to overflow and violently flood the land, destroying homes, crops, and villages.

Chalchiuhtlicue is credited with bringing about a great flood that reshaped the world.

Hawaiian

The Ark of Nuu

In ancient times, Nuu was the thirteenth generation from the first man. One day, the gods commanded Nuu to build an ark.

12,800 Years Ago

Oceania Flood Stories

The wife of a very good man saw a very big fish. Others caught and ate the fish despite warnings. Water burst from the ground and drowned everyone.

12,800 Years Ago

African Flood stories

The great god Unkulunkulu warns people of a flood, and they survive by climbing the Drakensberg mountains.

A comprehensive list with the Flood Legends, grouped by continent.

The Unified Catastrophe Theory posits that a series of interconnected geological and astronomical events around the end of the last Ice Age, approximately 12,000 years ago

When the great floods came to Mother Earth, Nana Beaujo was walking on creation at that time.

The Creator was unhappy about this and decided to cause a great flood to purify the earth. A man named Waynaboozhoo survived.

As time passed, the world flourished with various creatures and plants. However, Kumush became displeased with the behavior of some beings who did not follow his teachings.

Great Flood Story

Cherokee Flood Story

Very soon there is going to be a great flood, and the water will rise so high that everyone will drown. But if you make a raft, you can save yourself and your family.