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Great Floods in Mythology

Test your knowledge of the catastrophic deluge stories found in mythologies across the globe.0 takes
by @triviagang_dataUpdated 2d ago

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  • 01In Greek mythology, who were the two survivors of the great flood sent by Zeus to punish humanity for its wickedness?
  • 02In the Epic of Gilgamesh, which immortal man tells the story of surviving a great flood sent by the gods?
  • 03In Hindu mythology, the god Vishnu appears in what form to warn the sage Manu of an impending flood and guide his ship?
  • 04According to Norse mythology, the first great flood was not water, but the blood of which slain primordial being?
  • 05In Chinese mythology, which legendary hero is credited with controlling the Great Flood by digging canals to channel the water to the sea?
  • 06In the mythology of the Inca, which creator god caused a great flood, known as Unu Pachakuti, to destroy a race of giants he had made from stone?
  • 07In an Aztec flood myth, the god Tezcatlipoca warns a man and his wife, telling them to hollow out a cypress log to survive. What were their names?
  • 08According to the Book of Genesis, what type of bird did Noah first send out from the Ark to see if the waters had receded?
  • 09In the mythology of the Muisca people of Colombia, who was the hero who broke the rocks surrounding the Bogotá savanna to drain a great flood, creating the Tequendama Falls?
  • 10Which hospitable elderly couple in Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' were saved from a flood by Jupiter and Mercury and had their cottage transformed into a temple?
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