Get the latest international news and world events from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and more. See world news photos and videos at ABCNews.com. Achieve more in the next 100 days through personal growth and development and self improvement programs than most people do over the course of 10 years. A funny website filled with funny videos, pics, articles, and a whole bunch of other funny stuff. Cracked.com, celebrating 50 years of humor. Flood Stories from Around the Worldhe stories below are flood stories. I have included stories here if. In most borderline cases, I included the story. For example, one story (Hopi) tells of a flood which was avoided. My method for collecting these stories is simply to. I find. I have omitted a few. These people have a legend of a flood in which most people. The stories are. summarized both to save space and to avoid copyright. I have attempted to preserve all the. However, where the story gives intricate account. Zhuang story of Bubo vs. Thunder. God), some of the details peripheral to the flood itself. In a few cases. two or more overlapping and non- contradictory fragments. Complete references. Within each continent or region, stories are grouped by. See. Language Grouping for Flood Stories for. I can. determine, the stories belong to. I am sure there are many more flood stories which could. As I find them, I will add them. I. welcome feedback, especially new flood stories, from. After seven years of drought, the Great Woman said to. Great Man that rains had come elsewhere; how should. The Great Man counseled the other. Those who did not make all the. After seven. days, the waters sank. But all plants and animals had. The survivors, on the brink of. Numi- târom, who. Gaster, pp. 9. 3- 9. Seven people were saved in a boat from a flood. A. terrible draught followed the flood, but the people were. However, all but one young man and woman died of hunger. Around the world in 80 drinks: From English gin to Iceland's Brennivin and Fiji's Kava, various national tipples revealed. Infographic identifies British gin. These two saved themselves by eating the mice which came. The human race is descended from this. Holmberg, pp. 3. 67- 3. Flood waters rose for seven days. Some people and. animals were saved by climbing on floating logs and. A strong north wind blew for seven days and. Holmberg, p. 3. 67]A flood covered the whole land in the early days of the. A few people saved themselves on rafts made from. They carried their property and. They were left stranded on. Holmberg, p. 3. 68; Gaster, p. Tengys (Sea) was once lord over the earth. Nama, a good. man, lived during his rule with three sons, Sozun- uul. Sar- uul, and Balyks. Nama to build an. Nama's sight was failing, so he. The ark was built on a. Nama entered the ark with his. Seven days later, the. Seven days later, Nama told his eldest. His father ordered him to. At last. the ark stopped in a group of eight mountains. On. successive days, Nama released a raven, a crow, and a rook. On the fourth day, he sent out a. In anger, Nama cursed them to behave thus to the. When Nama became very old, his wife. Nama didn't know what to do. Sozun- uul. who didn't dare to oppose his mother openly, told his. Nama understood the. Finally. Nama went to heaven, taking with him Sozun- uul and changing. Holmberg, pp. 3. 64- 3. The giant frog (or turtle) which supported the earth. An old man who had guessed something like this would. When the waters receded, the raft. After the flood, Kezer- Tshingis- Kaira- Khan. Among other things, he taught. Holmberg, p. 3. 66]Hailibu, a kind and generous hunter, saved a white snake. Next day, he met the same. The snake told him. Dragon King's daughter, and the Dragon. King wished to reward him. She advised Hailibu to ask for. Dragon King keeps in his mouth. With that stone, she told him, he could understand the. Hailibu went to the. Dragon King, turned down his many other treasures, and was. Years later, Hailibu heard some birds. He went back home to warn his neighbors. To convince them, he told them. When he finished his. The villagers, seeing this. It rained all the next night, and the. When the people returned, they found the stone which. Hailibu had turned into and placed it at the top of the. For generations, they have offered sacrifices to. Hailibu's sacrifice. Elder & Wong, pp. The god Burkhan advised a man to build a great ship, and. The devil, Shitkur, told the wife. He further told her to refuse to board and. Why do you. strike me, Shitkur?" Because the woman followed this. With the help of Burkhan, the man. Argalan- Zan, the. Prince of animals (some say it was a mammoth), which. The flood destroyed. Prince of animals. Once on the boat, the devil. Burkhan created a cat to catch it. Holmberg, pp. 3. 61- 3. God told Noj to build a ship. The devil tempted his wife. When the. devil found out, he destroyed by night what Noj built by. God. was forced to send down an iron vessel in which Noj, his. Holmberg, p. 3. 62]To find out why Noah was building an ark, the devil told. Noah's wife to prepare a strong drink. Noah, drunk from. God entrusted him with. The. devil hindered Noah's work, and when the ship was finished. Once in the ark. he assumed the form of a mouse and gnawed holes in the. Holmberg, p. 3. 63]Manu, the first human, found a small fish in his. The fish begged protection from the larger. Manu. Manu kept. the fish safe, transferring it to larger and larger. The fish warned Manu of a coming deluge and told him to. When the flood rose, the fish came, and Manu. The fish led him to a northern. Manu to tie the ship's rope to a tree to. Manu, alone of all creatures. He made offerings of clarified butter, sour milk. From these, a woman arose, calling herself. Manu's daughter. Whatever blessings he invoked through her. Through her, he generated this race. Gaster, pp. 9. 4- 9. Kelsen, p. 1. 28; Brinton, pp. The great sage Manu, son of Vivasvat, practiced austere. He stood on one leg with upraised arm, looking down. While so engaged on the. Chirini, a fish came to him and asked to be. Manu took the fish to a jar and, as. Ganga, then to the ocean. Though large, the fish was. Upon being released into the. Manu that soon all terrestrial objects. It told. him to build a strong ship with a cable attached and to. Manu embarked as enjoined. The fish, knowing his desire. Manu fastened the ship's cable to its horn. The. fish dragged the ship through roiling waters for many. Himavat. which is still known as Naubandhana ("the Binding of the. Ship"). The fish then revealed itself as Parjapati Brahma. Manu shall create all living things and all things. Manu performed a great act of austere. Frazer, pp. 1. 85- 1. The heroic king Manu, son of the Sun, practiced austere. Malaya and attained transcendent union with the. Deity. After a million years, Brahma bestowed on Manu a. Manu asked for the power. Later, while offering oblations in his hermitage. Manu preserved. The fish. Manu to preserve it, and Manu moved it to. Ganga and then to the ocean. When it filled the. Manu recognized it as the god Janardana, or Brahma. It told Manu that the end of the yuga was. He. was to preserve all creatures and plants aboard a ship. It said that a hundred years of. Seven clouds from the. Manu's ship alone will. Having. announced all this, the great being vanished. The deluge. occurred as stated; Janardana appeared in the form of a. Ananta came in the form of a. Manu, by contemplation, drew all creatures towards. Janardana, attached the ship to the fish's horn with the. Frazer, pp. 1. 88- 1. At the end of the past kalpa, the demon Hayagriva. Brahma, and the whole human. Nishis, and especially. Satyavrata, the prince of a maritime region. One day when. he was bathing in a river, he was visited by a fish which. At last Satyavrata recognized it. Vishnu, "The Lord of the Universe." Vishnu told. Satyavrata would be saved in a. He was told to take aboard the miraculous. Nishis and their wives, and pairs of brute. After seven days, the oceans began to overflow the. A large. vessel floated in on the rising waters, and Satyavrata and. Nishis entered with their wives and cargo. During the. deluge, Vishnu preserved the ark by again taking the form. When the waters subsided, he slew the demon. Satyavrata. [H. Miller. Howey, pp. 3. 89- 3. Frazer, pp. 1. 91- 1. One windy day, the sea flooded the port city of. Dwaravati. All its occupants perished except Krishna, an. Vishnu, and his brother Balarama, who were. Raivataka Hill. Krishna left his. Sesha, the serpent who supports the world. Balarama; in a jet of light. Balarama's spirit entered the sea, and his body fell over. Krishna decided that tomorrow he would destroy the world. Jara the hunter. passed by, mistook Krishna's foot for the face of a stag. The wound to Krishna's foot was slight, but. Jara found Krishna dead. He had saffron robes, four arms. The waters still rose and soon. Jara's feet. Jara felt ashamed but helpless; he. Buck, pp. 4. 08- 4. Out of gratitude for the dhobi feeding it, a fish. The man prepared a large box in which he embarked. After the flood, a messenger of. Rama sent to find the state of affairs discovered the box. Rama had the box brought to him and. Facing north, east, and west, the man.
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