Nov 11, 2009
Catastrophic Flood That Changed The World
The story of Noah and the Great Flood has carried both moral concepts and legend throughout history. Noah, the Ark, and the Flood is only one of hundreds of stories told around the world for hundreds and thousands of years. These are just a few of the stories shared around the world:
The Mandans, who populated an area on the Missouri, told the story of the earth as a huge tortoise covered with dirt and supported by water. One day men of white color pierced the carapace of the tortoise while digging to catch badgers. Immediately water gushed from the hole and drown all of mankind except one man.
The Shastus shared a story of the time when the flood came and destroyed all the animals except for a squirrel the size of a bear. Legend says that this mythical creature still exists on a mountain called by the Shastus.
In the Lake Tahoe region it was believed that the natives owned the whole earth, and its people were prosperous and strong. Over time others rose up stronger and they enslaved the people. The Great Spirit sent a wave across the land, wiping out both the oppressed and the oppressors.
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: Atlantis: the Antediluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly; Ancient Athens: its History, Topography, and Remains by Thomas Henry Dyer; The Mammoth and the Flood by Henry Hoyle Howorth.
With so many stories of great floods we can only wonder if all these legends point to the same Cataclysmic event?
Plato gave us the story of Atlantis being wiped out by a major flood, with a large civilization disappearing in one day and one night. Storytellers have carried forth an amazing legend of events that has resounded around the world.
