How was the world repopulated after the flood

Unit 5B Study Guide: Flood Myths

I have completed parts of this chart for you. You complete the rest. I have completed the guide for the first two myths for you, so you can see how this study guide works. I have included some information under the “Anything Noteworthy” heading and have left “holes” elsewhere for you to complete. Because of the lack of space, I have abbreviated several items.

Myth

Reason for Flood

Helper? How are humans saved?

After flood, what happens?

How earth repopulated?

Anything noteworthy?

*North American

*Mandan

129

Not told

Large barrel preserved religiously probably b/c this "big canoe" represents symbolic history of the flood

Not told

Not told

*Knisteneaux

130

Not told

Tribes climb ridge Coteau. Can't escape. On neutral ground now. Virgin grabs foot of big bird—flies to high cliff.

Not told

Virgin mates with war-eagle. Produces twins that re-populate the world.

*Choctaw

130

Not told

Not told

Sparse details, but is like Noah story

*Creek-Natchez

131

Not told

Sees spirits of those killed--those in rags and those in finery.

Not told

*Mojave-Apache

131

Took up grapevine and left hole?

Hummingbird helps people to find food by going up grapevine. People go through the hole of grapevine. Wise ones see water coming through the hole and cut down tree to hollow it for a canoe. Place a girl in it. Told not to leave until the canoe touches ground.

Also an emergence myth.

*Cree

132

Sends raven--no land. Wisagatcak makes magic with wolf

Not told how earth is repopulated but the wolf runs around on the moss that’s growing on the raft, causing the moss to magically expand the earth.

Water comes up today through holes in moss--cracks in raft

*Algonquin

133

Michabo follows trained wolves into lake.

Sends raven, otter and muskrat.

Flood Myth of Incas

134

Two brothers--good. Llamas, strange, stare at stars. Stars tell llamas of flood. Llamas tell brothers to take families and llamas to high mountain cave. Mountains grow taller as waters rise.

Shepherd brothers’ families repopulate earth

Llamas remember flood; prefer to live in highlands.

Flood Myth of Egypt

135

Humans wicked; on the verge of rebellion against gods. Hathor punishes humans by killing millions. Goes crazy killing.

Ra tires of humans and Hathor. Appoints Thoth as governor. Thoth teaches poetry, writing, self-government.

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Thoth helps humans by educating them. World is definitely a better place now.