(http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/myth-folklore-unit-noah-and-ark.html)
This legend begins with the a man named Noah, who God favored despite seeing how evil man on Earth was and wanting to destroy them. God tells Noah that he plans to flood the Earth to rid it of the violence and evil of man, so Noah needs to build a giant wooden ship of specific dimensions. On this ship he is to bring two of every animal on board as well as his family to begin anew. On the seventh day the flood water came and Noah boarded his newly-built Ark with his family and animals where the flood raged for forty days. Noah began sending birds to monitor the water and for land, first a raven then a dove. Noah told his sons to "be fruitful and multiply" as God had told him to and they respected his wish each of his three sons creating large families. They all journeyed west on land and made a new city with a large tower, which upon seeing God scattered the city and "confounded their language." Next the legend goes back to discuss the birth of Noah and how man came to get to the point to where God felt they needed to be flooded. In the midst of a curse and famine Noah was born unto Lamech and ceased all of this upon his birth. While all the men around Noah pursued a life of gain, Noah lived a more simple life. Meanwhile the fallen angels who began to become part of the Earth with the women of Cain. On top of this there were other mortal families acting against God thus setting the stage for the devastating flood to come. The legend ends by circling back to Noah and his building of the massive Ark, while highlighting what kind of man he is in the eye's of God.
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| Illustration of Noah's Ark |
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