Noah, the Ark, and the Flood is only one of hundreds of stories told around the world for hundreds and thousands of years. There are legend from many civilizations that carry the same catastrophic events in ways that reflect their own interpretations, but each carries similar threads.
Cherokee tradition tells the story of a dog that ran back and forth along the banks of the river for days, howling and staring at the water. As its master tried to force the dog into his house the dog spoke, telling its master of the forthcoming calamity. The only hope was to throw it into the water so that a boat could be fetched. The man did as advised, and the family was saved from the tragic flood, surviving to repopulate the earth.
During a time of great flood, in California, on Reed Peak, there is legend of a coyote, the only living creature to survive in the world. There was a single feather floating in the rippled water. The coyote looked at the feather, and while watching the feather formed flesh and bones and became the first eagle. The eagle and the coyote formed an alliance, but were still lonely, and so they created men.
The Papagos near the Gila river holds the story of Montezuma. A great flood came, and only Montezuma and his friend the coyote survived. The coyote had prophesied that the flood was coming, and Montezuma prepared himself a boat. Following the floods the two met up again, and Montezuma sent the coyote in each of the four directions to discover where the sea remained.
The Lenni-Lenapi or Delaware Indians share the legend of the downfall of the first world, the downfall of man after snake worship was introduced, and the beginning of a new race lead by Nana-Bush.
Many of these stories were shared in public domain books such as: Ancient Athens: its History, Topography, and Remains by Thomas Henry Dyer; Atlantis: the Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly; The Mammoth and the Flood by Henry Hoyle Howorth.
Each story speaks of a great flood, and many of these stories begin with the people facing the east, toward the presumed location of Atlantis. Could these stories all speak of the same event? The words of Plato share with us the catastrophic event that lead to the demise of an entire civilization. Storytellers around the world have echoed a major world event with their own amazing twists.
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