Great flood
"The Deluge", frontispiece to Gustave Doré 's illustrated edition of the Bible. Based on the story of Noah's Ark, this shows humans and a tiger doomed by the flood futilely attempting to save their children and cubs. A Deluge myth or World flood is a mythical story about a flood . Usually this flood is sent by a deity to destroy a civilisation as a punishment . The theme can be found in many cultures . Well-known examples that are believed to be myths include the story of Noah's Ark in the Bible , the Hindu Puranic story of Manu , Deucalion in Greek mythology or Utnapishtim in the Epic of Gilgamesh .
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