Memories of the Genesis Flood
Flood Traditions:
Memories of the great Flood that once covered the earth are retained in many
cultures around the world. While details vary and the story is typically
adapted to the local environment, they provide a remarkable anthropological
testimony to the Genesis Flood. Apparently as humanity spread across the face
of the earth after Babel, they carried the flood tradition with them. The
following are a list of flood traditions, and a statistical breakdown of those
traditions, taken from the following source:
Morris, John D. & Tim F. LaHaye, The Ark on Ararat
(New York: Thomas Nelson Inc., 1976), pp. 233-237.
Note to skeptics who, to maintain the evolutionary faith and deny the Flood,
have dismissed these stories as having been started by unknown missionaries:
1.
Dozens of the records, such as both Gilgamesh records of the Flood, and several
dozen varieties recorded by the Greeks, were recorded prior to the founding of
Christianity.
2. Characteristically absent are any mention of Jesus or
anything else in the New Testament or Old Testament events after Babel (when the
common heritage of mankind was ended). What sort of missionary only tells
stories about Noah's Flood and then moves on without mentioning Jesus?? Yet
this is what we should expect if the records are indigenous.
Related links and reading:
Genesis According to the
Miao People (Impact #214)
Kang, C. H. and Ethel
R. Nelson, The Discovery of Genesis (St. Louis: Concordia, 1979).
Nelson,
Ethel R. and Richard E. Broadberry, Genesis and the Mystery
Confucius Couldn't Solve (St. Louis: Concordia, 1994).
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA
1. Africa (central)
2. Babylon
3. Bapedi Tribe (S. Africa)
4. Chaldea
5. Egypt (Pharaoic)
6. Egypt (Priestly)
7. Hottentots
8. Jumala Tribe
9. Lower Congo
10. Masai Tribe
11. Otshi Tribe (Kabinda)
12. Persia (Ahriman)
13. Persia (Bundehesch)
14. Persia (Testrya)
15. Persia (Yima)
16. Persia (Zala-Cupha)
17. Syria
PACIFIC ISLANDS
18. Alamblack Tribe (New Guinea)
19. Alfors of Ceram
20. Ami
21. Andaman Islands
22. Australia
23. Bunva
24. Dutch New Guinea (Mombrano River)
25. East Indian Island
26. Engano
27. Falwol Tribe (New Guinea)
28. Fiji
29. Fiji (Rokora)
30. Flores Island
31. Formosa Tribesman
32. Hawaii (Mauna-Kea) Tribesmen
33. Hawaii (Nu-U)
34. Kabidi Tribe (New Guinea)
35. Kurnai Tribe (Australia)
36. Leeward Islands
37. Maoris (New Zealand)
38. Melanesia
39. Micronesia
40. Nais
41. New Britain
42. Otheite Island
43. Ot-Danoms
44. Polynesia
45. Queensland
46. Rotti Tribe
47. Samoa
48. Samo-Kubo Tribe (New Guinea)
49. Sea Dyaks (Borneo)
50. Sea Dyaks (Trout)
51. Sea Dyaks (Sarawak)
52. Sumatra
53. Tahiti
54. Toradjas
55. Valman Tribe (New Guinea)
FAR EAST
56. Anals (Assam)
57. Bahnara (China)
58. Bengal Kolhs
59. Benua-Jakun (Malasia)
60. Bhagavata-Purana
61. China (Fo-hi)
62. China (Joa)
63. China (Tao-tse)
64. China (Upper Burma)
65. India (Rama)
66. Kamars (C. India)
67. Kamchadales (India)
68. Karens (Burma)
69. Lolos (S. China)
70. Mahabharata
71. Matsya-Purana
72. Menangkabans (Sumatra)
73. Satapatha Brahmana
74. Singphos (Burma)
75. Sudan
76. Tartary Mongols
EUROPE & ASIA
77. Celts
78. Druids
79. Finland
80. Iceland
81. Kelts
82. Lapland
83. Lithuania
84. Norway
85. Rumania
86. Russia
87. Siberia
88. Transylvania
89. Wales
HELLENIC
90. Apamea (Cibotos)
91. Apollodorus
92. Aristotle
93. Athenian
94. Cos (Meropes)
95. Crete
96. Diodorus
97. Hellenucus
98. Lucian
99. Megaros
100. Ogyges (Boeotia)
101. Ovid
102. Perirrhoos
103. Pindar
104. Plato
105. Plutarch
106. Rhodes
107. Samothrace
108. Sithnide Nymphs
109. Stephanus
110. Thessalonica
NORTH AMERICA
111. Acagchemens
112. Aleutian Island Indians
113. Algonquins (Manabozho)
114. Appalachian Indians
115. Araphos
116. Arctic Eskimos
117. Athapascans
118. Blackfoot Indians
119. Caddoques
120. Central Eskimos
121. Cherokees
122. Chippewas
123. Crees
124. Delaware Algonquins
125. Dogribs
126. Eleuts
127. Eskimos (Alaska)
128. Eskimos (Norton Sound)
129. Esquimax
130. Flatheads
131. Greenland
132. Great Lakes Indians
133. Haidas
134. Hareskins
135. Huron Indians
136. Innuit Eskimos
137. Iroquois
138. Kathlamets
139. Knistineaux
140. Kolosh
141. Koloshes
142. Lake Tahoe Indians
143. Lenni Lanape Indians
144. Luisenos
145. Mandans
146. Mantagnais Algonquins
147. Menominees
148. Montagnais
149. Natchez Indians
150. New California Indians
151. Nez Pierces
152. Ojibway
153. Pacullies
154. Papagos
155. Pimas
156. Potawatomi Indians
157. Rio Erevato Indians
158. Salteaux Algonquins
159. Sarcees
160. Smith River Indians
161. Spokanas
162. Thlinkuts
163. Thlinkuts (Yehl)
164. Thompsan Indians
165. Tinneh Indians
166. Twangs
167. Virginia Indians
168. Yakimas
CENTRAL AMERICA
169. Achagnas
170. Antilles
171. Aztecs
172. Aztecs (Coxcoxli)
173. Canaris
174. Cholulans
175. Cholulas
176. Coras (Lowland)
177. Coras (Highland)
178. Cuban Indians
179. Huichals
180. Mexico (Coxcox)
181. Mexico (Mexitli)
182. Michoacans
183. Muratos
184. Nicaragua Indians
185. Panama Indians
186. Rio-Crevato Indians
187. St. Domingo Indians
188. Tlascalans
189. Toltecs
SOUTH AMERICA
190. Abederys
191. Ackwois
192. Araucaians
193. Arawaks
194. Brazilian Mountain Indians
195. Brazilian Sea Coast Indians
196. Caingangs
197. Carayas
198. Chiriguanos
199. Colombian Indians
200. Incas
201. Kataushys
202. Macusis
203. Maypures
204. Orinoco Indians
205. Pamarys
206. Peru (Bomara)
207. Peru (Guancas)
208. Peruvian Indians
209. Rio de Janeiro Indians
210. Tamanacs
211. Terra-Firma Indians
212. Tierra del Feugo Indians
| STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN OF FLOOD TRADITIONS | ||
| 1. | Is there a favored family? | 88% |
| 2. | Is there a remnant? | 12% |
| 3. | Is survival due to a boat? | 70% |
| 4. | Is survival due to other means? | 30% |
| 5. | Is catastrophe only a flood? | 95% |
| 6. | Is flood connected with other events? | 5% |
| 7. | Is flood due to wickedness of man? | 66% |
| 8. | Is flood due to natural causes? | 34% |
| 9. | Were animals also saved? | 67% |
| 10. | Did animals play any part? | 73% |
| 11. | Was flood universal? | 95% |
| 12. | Did the survivors eventually end up on a mountain? | 57% |
| 13. | Were birds sent out? | 35% |
| 14. | Was the rainbow mentioned? | 7% |
| 15. | Did survivors sacrifice, etc., afterwards? | 13% |
| 16. | Were the favored ones or remnant forewarned? | 66% |
| 17. | Was the geography local? (Local mountain?) | 82% |
| 18. | Were specifically eight persons saved? | 9% |
| 19. | Were there incidental circumstances? | 37% |
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