Flood myth
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A flood myth or a deluge myth is a narrative in which a great flood—usually sent by one or more deities—destroys civilization, typically as an act of divine retribution. Parallels are often drawn betw
"The Deluge", frontispiece to Gustave Doré's illustrated edition of the Bible
George Smith, who discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh
The Eve of the Deluge, by John Martin, 1840. Depicts a comet causing the Great Flood.
Matsya-avatara of Lord Vishnu pulls Manu's boat after having defeated the demon.
Deucalion
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In Greek mythology, Deucalion was the son of Prometheus; ancient sources name his mother as Clymene, Hesione, or Pronoia. He is closely connected with a flood myth in Greek mythology.
Flood myth
…century BCE. Comparable flood narratives appear in many other cultures, including the biblical Genesis flood narrative, manvantara-sandhya in Hinduism, Deucalion in Greek mythology, and in Indigenous North American cultures. The Epic of Gilgamesh (c. 2100–1800 BCE) tells the story of a massive flood from which…
Deucalion from Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum
Deucalion and Pyrrha from a 1562 version of Ovid's Metamorphoses