Tradition | Legend/Story Details | Vehicle | Name of Survivors | Foreseer |
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Valman (northern New Guinea) | 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. | Trees | Good man and family | Good man |
Papua New Guinea | A flood covered the whole world except for the summit of Mount Tauga. Radaulo, king of snakes, licked the waves and made the water retreat. | Mount Tauga | People | Radaulo |
Australian | Grumuduk caused rain to fall wherever he walked, resulting in a flood in the country of his enemies. | Not specified | Not specified | Grumuduk |
Arnhem Land (northern Northern Territory) | Yurlunggur, the rainbow serpent, caused a flood with well water rising as high as he stood. | Rainbow serpent | Not specified | Yurlunggur |
Gumaidj (Arnhem Land) | Two sisters caused rain to fall for several weeks after crying for their dead sister. | Bark rafts | Women on rafts | Spirit man |
Western Australia | Long ago, heavy rains caused a river to overflow, flooding the land and creating a wide sea. | Not specified | Black race | Not specified |
Victoria | Bunjil, the creator, caused a flood by urinating into the ocean, saving only those he loved. | Tall tree on mountain | Man and woman | Bunjil |
Southeast Australia | Frilled lizards performed rain ceremonies to destroy the platypus family, causing a great flood. | Not specified | Frilled lizards on mountains | Frilled lizards |
Maori (New Zealand) | Two prophets, Para-whenua-mea and Tupu-nui-a-uta, prayed for rain, causing a flood. | Raft | People on raft | Para-whenua-mea, Tupu-nui-a-uta |
Maori (New Zealand) | Tawhaki caused a flood by stamping on the floor of heaven. | Mountain | Tawhaki and others | Tawhaki |
Palau Islands (Micronesia) | Gods sent a flood to punish theft, saving only an old woman on a bamboo raft. | Bamboo raft | Old woman | Gods |
Fiji | Ndengei caused a flood to punish his grandsons, who killed his favorite bird. | Canoes | Ndengei’s grandsons | Ndengei |
Samoa | In a battle between Fire and Water, the world was overwhelmed by a boundless sea. Tangaloa recreated the world. | Not specified | Not specified | Tangaloa |
Mangaia (Cook Islands) | The gods of sea and rain caused a flood to determine who was more powerful. | High mountain | Rangi and his people | Sea god, Rain god |
Tahiti | A great flood destroyed Tahiti, but two people and their animals were saved by seeking refuge on Mount Pita-hiti. | Mount Pita-hiti | Husband and wife | Not specified |
Hawaii | Nu’u and his company were saved in a Great-Canoe given by Kane. | Great-Canoe | Nu’u and company | Kane |
Hawaii | The flood called kai a Kahinarii left only two humans surviving on Mauna Kea. | Mauna Kea | Two humans | Kahinalii |
Netsilik Eskimo | A flood killed all animals and humans except for two Shaman in a boat. | Boat | Two Shaman | Not specified |
Kamchadale (northeast Siberia) | A flood covered the land; survivors were left stranded on mountains after floating on rafts. | Rafts | Few people | Not specified |
Dyak (Borneo) | Trow made a boat from a large wooden mortar and rode out the flood with his wife and animals. | Boat | Trow and wife | Trow |
Published: 3 Jul 2024