The flood is described in *Genesis 6–9. Apparently so evil were human beings that *God decided to destroy them in a great deluge. Only *Noah, his immediate family and a male and female of each species were allowed to survive. After the waters...

The story of a Great Flood sent by a deity or deities to destroy civilization as an act of divine retribution is a widespread theme among many cultural myths. Though it is best known by the Biblical story of Noah, it is also well known in other...