Narrative: Xisuthros (Ziusudra’s Greek name) is warned by the god Enki of a flood to punish humanity.
Androgyny/Twins: No explicit twins/androgyny, but Xisuthros’s wife and kin form a primal pair, preserving duality akin to Yima’s couples—unity implicit in survival.
Provoked Destruction: Human corruption provokes Enki’s flood—Xisuthros’s obedience mitigates it—paralleling Yima’s defiance hastening his own reset.
Cyclical Context: Post-flood, Xisuthros ascends to the gods, his kin rebuild—cyclical renewal mirrors Vara’s new era.
"The deity, Chronos, appeared to him (Xisuthros) in a vision, and warned him that, upon the 15th day of the month Dœsius, there would be a flood by which mankind would be destroyed.
Here the Xisuthros of Berosus becomes Deucalion-Sisythes.
"Obartès Elbaratutu being dead, his son Xisuthros (Khasisatra) reigned eighteen sares (64,800 years).
And when Xisuthros inquired in what direction he should steer his bark, be was answered, 'toward the gods,' and enjoined to pray that good might come of it for men.
"Xisuthros obeyed, and constructed a vessel five stadia long and five broad; he collected all that had been prescribed to him, and embarked his wife, his children, and his intimate friends.
"The Deluge having come, and soon going down, Xisuthros loosed some of the birds.
A few days later Xisuthros again let them free, but they returned again to the vessel, their feet fall of mud.
Then Xisuthros understood that the earth was bare.
They saw Xisuthros no more; but a voice from heaven was heard commanding them piety toward the gods; that he, indeed, was receiving the reward of his piety in being carried away to dwell thenceforth in the midst of the gods, and that his wife, his daughter, and the pilot of the ship shared the same honor.
Of the vessel of Xisuthros, which had finally landed in Armenia, a portion is still to be found in the Gordyan Mountains in Armenia, and pilgrims bring thence asphalte that they have scraped from its fragments.
As to the companions of Xisuthros, they came to Babylon, disinterred the writings left at Sippara, founded numerous cities, built temples, and restored Babylon."
"'I looked at the regions bounding the sea: toward the twelve points of the horizon; not any continent.--The vessel was borne above the land of Nizir,--Obartès Elbaratutu being dead, his son Xisuthros (Khasisatra) reigned eighteen sares (64,800 years).
“Obartès Elbaratutu being dead, his son Xisuthros (Khasisatra) reigned eighteen sares (64,800 years).
Chaldean Legend: Xisuthros (Khasisatra) is warned by the god Cronos (Ea) of a flood.
After the flood, Xisuthros sacrifices to the gods and is taken to live among them.
The shorter, ancient version by Berosus describes how Xisuthros (Khasisatra) was warned by the god Cronos (Ea) of a coming flood and instructed to build a vessel to save his family, friends, and animals.
After the flood, Xisuthros’s vessel lands on a mountain, and he sacrifices to the gods.
Xisuthros and his family are then taken to dwell with the gods, while the survivors return to Babylon to disinter sacred writings and rebuild civilization.
In Greek Babylonian tradition his name returns as Xisuthros / Xisuthrus.