Comparing Deucalion And Noah's Ark

Deucalion and Noah and the Flood Myths (Comparative Essay)

The Deucalion Greek myth and Noah’s Ark Christian Bible story are basically the same because they both are about destroying the world and making a new one. Both stories have a lot of similarities in that words and names can be replaced, so they’re nearly identical. They both have the same meaning because they’re both destroying most of the life, and those who survive rebuild the world. The stories are possibly linked as one story being told by different cultures. The Deucalion Greek myth and the Christian Bible story of Noah’s Ark must have a connection because they are very similar flood myths, and so they must be one story passing from one culture to another.

The Deucalion myth and Noah’s Ark Bible story are very similar because they both have the same premise. They both have a protagonist that is warned of the flood by God, while the other people that are evil don’t know the event is going to happen. In this time, they both build a boat to ensure their loved ones’ safety from the flood. The stories end by the flood killing everyone on land, so the protagonists decide to make a new beginning to their old world. The stories are not

There are also a lot of myths like this which indicates that there were a lot of floods in these regions like Greece(Deucalion Myth), India(Manu), Africa(Tumbainot Myth), and Israel(Noah Ark)(all of the myths can be found on talkorigins.org). There is also the case that it could have started in Greece as Alexander the Great move country to country, passing down this story which the country in question has reproduce to fit their ideals and alternated the myth so it would be considered different to other stories. The stories could either been common events or it could have been passed down to different countries alter to fit