Mystery AtlasGenesis Flood Narrative
The story of Noah's flood in Genesis 6–9, the most widely known form of the flood myth; mainstream scholarship reads it as drawing on older Mesopotamian flood traditions.
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Related Mysteries
Genesis Flood Narrative is frequently compared to Sodom — Genesis pairs Sodom's destruction and Noah's flood as its two paradigmatic stories of divine judgement delivered through catastrophe.
Places
Genesis Flood Narrative is claimed by Durupınar Site — Promoted since the 1970s as the physical remains of the Ark described in the Genesis flood narrative.
Documents & Sources
- Epic of Gilgameshstandard version c. 1200 BC; earliest flood material c. 1800 BC
Genesis Flood Narrative is derived from Epic of Gilgamesh — Mainstream scholarship derives the Genesis account from Mesopotamian flood traditions (Atrahasis and Gilgamesh XI), with which it shares structure and detail down to the birds sent from the ark.
Creatures & Figures
Genesis Flood Narrative is an instance of Great Flood Myth.
Genesis Flood Narrative mentions Nephilim — Genesis 6:1-4 introduces the Nephilim in the same chapter that immediately sets up the flood narrative.
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