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« on: September 19, 2023, 11:18:00 AM » |
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No. Some probably are, but not all. Also, there are a lot of misconceptions about "flood myths":
- Noah-type Flood Myths (where a Deity floods the entire world and a righteous man and his family have to take two of every animal aboard a ship) are indeed common throughout the world, but they mostly occur in cultures in the Old World that had contact with one another in antiquity, however infrequent. - Many "Flood Myths", especially from the New World, are indeed myths about floods, but have little in common with the Noah/Gilgamesh/Decaulion story other than that they involve floods. - You'll often hear that every culture has a flood myth, and while they're common, they aren't universal. Japan doesn't have a flood myth, as has already been noted, and some Australian aboriginal cultures have them, while some don't.
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