Every wonder why Flood Myths and Legends are found all over the world?

I made a documentary explaining legends from all over the world and why this legend type is so prevalent

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And now we wait...

Sorry Sora AI video generator, it's going to be a no from me.

If you haven't heard the wild story of an Oxford professor accused to stealing millions of dollars of artifacts and selling them to Hobby Lobby - then you should watch my latest video. It's done surprisingly well given that I've never posted a True Crime doc before.

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To test if the waters had receded Utnapishtim sends out birds, a dove, a raven and a swallow. The vessel also lands atop of a mountain. Curiously, the vessel in Atrahasis was round, in Gilgamesh it becomes a cube but both have the same dimensions (14,400 cubits²).

The most popular and well-known Mesopotamian flood myth is of course Gilgamesh. The version most people know is found in Tablet 11. It's actually a story about Gilgamesh's quest for eternal life after the death of his friend Enkidu causes him to contemplate his mortality.

The oldest flood stories in the world are both Sumerian in origin: 1) The Death of Gilgamesh and 2) The Sumerian Flood Story (aka Eridu Genesis).

The former is very fragmentary, but it preserves the god Enlil recounting how a great flood once destroyed humanity except for one man: Zi-ud-sura.

A THREAD: It is said "every culture around the world has a flood myth." This is often used to argue for the historicity of a global flood.

Over the next few weeks I'm going to share flood myths from around the world and we'll see a few things:

1) Not every culture has a flood myth...

In Gilgamesh, the goddess Ishtar makes an advance on Gilgamesh which he refuses. Spurned, Ishtar sends the Bull of Heaven to attack Gilgamesh and Enkidu.

In Two Brothers, after Anpu chases Bata and tries to kill him; Bata prays for protection and the two brothers become separated by crocodile-infested waters. It is here that Bata pleads his innocence and as a sign of his truth-telling, he cuts off his own genitals.

Was Joseph and Potiphar's Wife Inspired by the Egyptian tale: Two Brothers? This is something you see in literature on the Joseph Story, and it came up a few times in #AARSBL23 papers.

BUT, I'm not sure the two stories are directly connected.

Who were the magi from the story of Jesus birth? Were they zoroastrians? Astrologers? How did they get the title kings?

I explore this with @evandeneykel.bsky.social in my latest video

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