Ra, the sun god who feared that people were going to overthrow him, sent the goddess Hathor, who was his eye, to punish the people. Hathor killed so many people that their blood. The blood flowing into the Nile River and the ocean. It caused a flood. Hathor greedily drank the bloody water. Ra feeling [...]
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Three core deluge accounts appear in Greek folklore each with its own Noahic figure: Ogyges, Deucalion, and Dardanus. Of the 3 basic Greek legends, Deucalion’s flood is by far more famous than the other two. Deucalion’s flood exceeds the time of Apollodorus. The legend is also told by the Greek poet, Pindar ( c.518 – [...]
From Ovid, book 1 Jupiter angered at the evil ways of humanity. He resolved to destroy it, already set the earth to burning. But he considered that might set heaven itself a fire, so he decided to flood the earth instead. He caused storm and earthquake, With Neptune’s help, to flood everything but the summit [...]
The Epic of Gilgamesh, a Sumerian legend, was the first written epic poem and one of the oldest pieces of literature in the world. It was a eulogy to Gilgamesh, King of Uruk. It was originally written on 12 clay tablets in cuneiform script. a Sumerian legend, was the first written epic poem and one [...]
