Yima

Ignatius Donnelly

The Deluge Legends (I)

Chaldean, Syrian, Indian, Iranian, Greek, Welsh, Scandinavian and Persian Great Flood Stories

Zoroastrian

Yima and the Vara

Ahura Mazda foreseeing a catastrophic winter that would devastate the world. This winter, known as the evil winter

In Genesis lifespan decreases after the Deluge. Before the flood some people lived for several hundred years