The Catastrophic Flood That Changed The World
November 16, 2009 by Kavi Saphala
Filed under Astronomy
Most of us have heard the biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood. This story 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:
The Chipewyans have a legend of a deluge when the waters spread over the whole earth. The only exception was the highest mountains, on the tops of which they preserved themselves. The story is told by the Mandans that there were four tortoises on the earth, to the north, south, east and west. Each tortoise rained for ten days, and the water covered the earth.
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.
The Papagos near the Gila river holds the story of Montezuma. A great flood came, and only Montezuma and his friend the coyote survived. The coyote had prophesied that the flood was coming, and Montezuma prepared himself a boat. Following the floods the two met up again, and Montezuma sent the coyote in each of the four directions to discover where the sea remained.
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.
Insights comes from our own thought as well as lessons learned from events from the past. For more stories of the great flood and other ancient legends visit IntuitiveMeaning.com. Learn more about how evolutionary the Mayan Tzolkin Calendar can be in our present time world.
