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	Archaeology, The Bible and The Post-Flood Origins of Chinese History.
		Yu, the Chinese "Noah", overcame the flood waters, but he and his immediate predecessors are of a lineage well known to world mythology.
		Alternate versions relate that Kung Kung was an inept official who failed to halt the rising flood waters and that he was the father of Yu (Noah, in the present thesis).
		The flood was as important in the ancient mythologies of the peoples of China, as it is to Scripture.
	www.creationism.org /csshs/v06n2p04.htm

	Open Directory - Arts: Literature: Myths and Folktales: Myths
		Greek Mythology and Creation Myths - Collection of Greek myths and legends as well as creation and flood myths from all over the world.
		Flood Stories from Around the World - Brief description of flood myths from cultures all over the globe.
		Mythology - Myths of various cultures related to the heavens, from Windows to the Universe at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR).
	dmoz.org /Arts/Literature/Myths_and_Folktales/Myths

	MYSTERIOUS WORLD: Winter 2003: The Grand Canyon Part II: Sacred Space
		The Hopi and their ancestors, the Anasazi, believed that their ancestors had hidden in a cave from the Great Flood, emerging afterwards to repopulate the world.
		The Hopi believed that they had been chosen by the gods to survive the flood and repopulate the world.
		In fact, their religious text, The Book of the Hopi, is strikingly similar to the Hebrew Bible in its understanding not only of the Great Flood, but of the Creation itself.
	www.mysteriousworld.com /Journal/2003/Winter/GrandCanyon (13740 words)

	Deluge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Deluge (mythology), mythic floods in general, involving Gilgamesh, Noah or others
		Deluge is another word for flood, especially a very big and disastrous one.
		Deluge (prehistoric), prehistoric great floods, some of which may have inspired the mythic floods above
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deluge (158 words)

	Dictionary: Aetnaeus to Althaemenes, Greek Mythology Link.
		Alectryon was son of Itonus 2, son of Boeotus, son, according to some, of Itonus 1, son of Amphictyon, son of Deucalion 1, the man who survived the Flood [Dio.4.67.7; Hom.Il.2.494, 17.605].
		Son of Itonus 2, son of Boeotus, son, according to some, of Itonus 1, son of Amphictyon, son of Deucalion 1, the man who survived the Flood.
		Alectryon has been said to be the father of Leitus, who led the Boeotians against Troy, but Leitus [see ACHAEAN LEADERS] has been given other parentages as well.
	www.forumancientcoins.com /cparada/GML/001ShortEntries/SEAetnaeus.html (5286 words)

	Myths
		Mythology Notes - Historical overview of the mythologies of the Ancient Near East, the Scandinavians and the Celts, including story abstracts and names of deities.
		Mythology - Myths of various cultures related to the heavens, from Windows to the Universe at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR).
		Mythology - Infoplease.com overview of the study of myths.
	pomocnik.9o.pl /cgi-bin/pod/pod.cgi/Arts/Literature/Myths_and_Folktales/Myths (5286 words)

	Deluge - MSN Encarta
		Deluge, in biblical history, flood of waters, described in Genesis 6-9, that inundated the entire earth or a large part of it.
		Ballard and the Black Sea: The Search for Noah's Flood
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574801/Deluge.html (50 words)

	deluge. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
		Deluge In the Bible, the great flood that occurred in the time of Noah.
		Something that overwhelms as if by a great flood: a deluge of fan mail.
		To overwhelm with a large number or amount; swamp: The press secretary was deluged with requests for information.
	www.bartleby.com /61/66/D0116600.html (135 words)

	deluge - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Words similar to deluge: downpour, cloudburst, deluged, deluging, flood, inundate, inundation, overwhelm, soaker, submerge, swamp, torrent, waterspout, flood out, more...
		Phrases that include deluge: black sea deluge theory, deluge gun, deluge myths, deluge the, flame deluge, more...
		Deluge, deluge : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=deluge (298 words)

	Mind-N-Magick.com - Myths
		While flood myths are common to practically every culture on the planet, they differ significantly in detail.
		Collection of Greek myths and legends as well as creation and flood myths from all over the world.
		This article describes hundreds of flood myths originating from cultures all over the globe.
	www.mind-n-magick.com /search/html/Historical/Myths (298 words)

	Medea's Chariot :: Pagan Gods/Mythology
		An organization of mythology according to the geographic area where the story is set; focuses on Greece and Asia minor.
		Mythology associated with a cluster of seven stars named for seven sisters.
		Instead, I include my own essays about mythology and how I see it to be working within pagan/neopagan spirituality, and give as many quality links as I can find on specific types of mythology.
	www.medeaschariot.com /mytholog (298 words)

	Peopling of America
		The mythology of Cherokee, Haida, Okanagan, Aztec people all point to an island in the ocean, and the Aymara of Lake Titicaca tell of men who came from the south after the flood to create agriculture.
		The mythology of the Haida and Okanagan people points to arrival by the ocean after a great flood.
		We highlighted the connection between the Haida (Na-Dene language branch) and the
	www.flem-ath.com /peopling.htm (816 words)

	earth-mythology
		The Genesis flood story is a varient of much earlier Babylonian and Sumerian flood stories.
		It is certainly not the case that Genesis shows no influence from the mythologies of neighboring cultures.
		Therefore Isaiah 40:22 cannot be used to prove that Bible writers were divinely inspired.
	www.cs.rutgers.edu /pub/soc.religion.christian/faq/earth-mythology (3373 words)

	Lyricalworks: Links to Related Sites
		, - an extensive collection of links spanning the continents and topics such as creation and flood myths, gods and goddesses.
		See also her handy list of online mythology-related encyclopedias, as well as other links for Ancient/Classical History.
		N.S. Gill's Guide to Mythology on the Web
	www.lyricalworks.com /links/links.htm (3373 words)

	PYTHON - LoveToKnow Article on PYTHON
		, in Greek mythology, son of Gaea, an enormous serpent, said to have been produced from the mud after the flood of Deucalion.
		The giant pythons could no doubt overpower and kill by constriction almost any large mammal, since such snakes weigh many hundredweights and possess terrific strength, but the width of their mouthalthough marvellously distensiblehas, of course, a limit, and this is probably drawn at the size of a goat.
		The python in reality represents the pestilential vapours rising from stagnant lakes and pools, which are dispersed by Apollo and his arrowsthat is, the shafts of the sun.
	94.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PY/PYTHON.htm (839 words)

	Europa, the Phoenician Princess
		After having children with Zeus, Europa married Asterius 3, son of Tectamus, son of Dorus, son of Hellen, son of Deucalion, the man who survived the Flood.
		If Phoenix would be considered to be the father of Europa, everything would amount to the same, because Phoenix, after whom Phoenicia is called, is said to be the son either of Agenor or of Belus, and we would, also in this way, arrive to Io.
		Zeus, the King of the gods according to Greek mythology, saw Europa as she was gathering flowers by the sea and immediately fell in love with her.
	phoenicia.org /europa.html (973 words)

	Dragons in Greek mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was the offspring of Gaia and the mud that was left over after the flood of Deucalion, or in the Homeric Hymn to Apollo Python was the offspring of Hera, the Olympian Lady, who bore him, to spite Zeus, out of her own being, parthegenetically, in the manner of Gaia.
		Thus when the infant was grown he pursued the python, making his way straight for Mount Parnassus where the serpent dwelled, and chased it to the oracle of Gaia at Delphi, and dared to penetrate the sacred precinct and kill it with his arrows beside the rock cleft where the priestess sat on her tripod.
		When Zeus lay with the goddess Leto, and she was to deliver Artemis and Apollo, Lady Hera sent Python to pursue her throughout the lands, so that she could not be delivered wherever the sun shone.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Python_(mythology) (356 words)

	Deluge (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Maya mythology, Huracan ("one-legged") was a wind and storm god who caused the Great Flood after the first humans angered the gods.
		Flood geology, a subset of Creationism, contends that the myths from various cultures are corrupted memories of an historical global deluge, which it argues is depicted most accurately in the book of Genesis.
		After the flood, Noah sacrificed from the pure animals and God swore to himself to never again wreak his vengeance on the Earth as a whole, since man is born with an evil inclination from youth and God commits himself to maintaining the rules of nature.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deluge_(mythology) (2886 words)

	The Mythology of the Crow
		In the Bible, the crow is sent by Noah to search earth after the flood.
		For the Celts, the crow was sacred and meant the flesh torn by fighting.
		In Laos, the water soiled by crows can't be used for ritual purification.
	members.tripod.com /thecrow/myth.html (962 words)

	The Aztec Deities & Mythology Pages
		In Aztec mythology, this is the lowest layer of the underworld, situated in the north.
		She unleashed the flood (to punish the wicked) that destroyed the fourth world (according to the Aztecs, we are in the fifth world).
		In Aztec mythology there were two beings, the god, Ometecuhtli, and the goddess, Omecihuatl, who were the source of all life.
	www.jackowitch.com /aztecdeits.html (962 words)

	Writings on Lake Titicaca
		A people’s mythology expresses its history and, as we have seen, the most important part of any given culture´s sacred history is its myth of origin - its creation legend.
		These tears caused a great flood named Unu Pachacuti, which means "The Water Which Transformed The World".
		The sun and the moon were obscured as the sky darkened and the universe began to weep.
	www.perurail.com /Pages/History/hstry_lktiticaca1.htm (1120 words)

	Raven
		Ravens were cursed by Noah for not returning to the ark with news of the receding the flood.
		Raven is the fatal touch of the Calleach in winter, the wisdom of Odin, the vessel of prophecy given to a seer, the mighty protector of the Western Isles, and the healing message of an Indian shaman.
		Raven is both the symbol of the sun, and the symbol of a moonless night.
	www.druidry.org /obod/lore/animal/raven.html (4263 words)

	Phoenix
		In ancient Greek and Egyptian mythology, the phoenix is a mythical bird and associated with the Egyptian sun-god Re and the Greek Phoibos (Apollo).
		Judaic lore mentions that the phoenix achieved its unique status as an immortal bird because it refrained from bothering the overburdened Noah during the Flood voyage (Sanh.
		It is associated with the Egyptian Benu, the Garuda of the Hindus, and the Chinese Feng-huang.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/p/phoenix.html (243 words)

	Argos, Greek Mythology Link.
		Melampus 1 was son of Amythaon 1 of Pylos, son of Cretheus 1 (the founder of Iolcus), son of Thessalian Aeolus 1, son of Hellen 1 (eponym of the Hellenes), son either of Deucalion 1 (the man who survived The Flood), or of Zeus.
		Bias 1 is son of Amythaon 1, son of Cretheus 1, son of Aeolus 1.
		When their descendants Iphis 1 (son of Alector 1), Adrastus 1 (grandson of Bias 1) and Amphiaraus (descendant of Melampus 1) were kings of Argos, it occurred the war of the SEVEN AGAINST THEBES.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Argos.html (1492 words)

	Deluge (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Maya mythology, from the Popol Vuh, Part 1, Chapter 3, Huracan ("one-legged") was a wind and storm god who caused the Great Flood (of resin) after the first humans (made of wood) angered the gods (by being unable to worship them).
		Other scholars of mythology believe that the Genesis myth is actually a later version of the story, which was based upon earlier Mesopotamian myths (one of which is related in the Epic of Gilgamesh).
		In Norse mythology, Bergelmir was a son of Thrudgelmir.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deluge_mythology (3731 words)

	Deucalion articles on Encyclopedia.com
		Deluge DELUGE [Deluge], in the Bible, the overwhelming flood that covered the earth and destroyed every living thing except the family of Noah and the creatures in his ark.
		Hellen HELLEN [Hellen], in Greek mythology, ancestor of the Hellenes, or Greeks; son of Deucalion and Pyrrha.
		mythology MYTHOLOGY [mythology] [Greek,=the telling of stories], the entire body of myths in a given tradition, and the study of myths.
	www.encyclopedia.com /articles/03606.html (250 words)

	Constellations: Andromeda, The Chained Princess: - Facts, Mythology and Maps
		After the wedding, Andromeda leaves her country to live with Perseus who later becomes King of Tiryns and Mycenae.
		Insulted by this, the Nereids complained to Poseidon, god of the sea who sent a flood and a sea monster, the Kraken, to destroy the Kingdom, in order to avenge his nymphs.
		Before she had finished telling Perseus these things, the waters roared and the Kraken arose from the sea.
	www.r-clarke.org.uk /constellations/andromeda.htm (250 words)

	Argos, Greek Mythology Link.
		Melampus 1 was son of Amythaon 1 of Pylos, son of Cretheus 1 (the founder of Iolcus), son of Thessalian Aeolus 1, son of Hellen 1 (eponym of the Hellenes), son either of Deucalion 1 (the man who survived The Flood), or of Zeus.
		Anaxagoras is son either of Megapenthes 2, or of Argeus 1, son of Megapenthes 2.
		During the reign of Proetus 1, the king's daughters went mad, and Melampus 1—an excellent seer who understood the language of birds and worms, and the first to devise a cure by means of drugs—healed the daughters of Proetus 1 of their madness, receiving for that the third part of the kingdom of Argos.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Argos.html (1492 words)

	Amazon.com: Aztec and Maya Myths (Legendary Past Series): Books
		The Maya mythology is far older, and our knowledge of it comes mainly from native manuscripts of the Classic period, over 600 years before the Spanish conquest.
		Mythology of the Aztec State; The Birth of Huitzilopochtli.
		Drawing on these sources as well as nineteenth- and twentieth-century excavations and research, including the interpretation of the codices and the decipherment of Maya hieroglyphic writing, the author discusses, among other things, the Popol Vuh myths of the Maya, the flood myth of Northern Yucatan, and the Aztec creation myths.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/029278130X?v=glance (1644 words)

	A Hotlist on Ancient Mythology
		Mythology - In this directory of mythology, you'll find the names of the deities, their attributes, some of the principal legends, creation and flood stories.
		Greek Mythology is a form of this storytelling that is probably the most familiar to us, but many civilizations (from the Ancient Aztecs to Chinese cultures) have their own set of myths and mythological characters.
		Mythography - Explore mythology and art with information about the classic stories of heroes and gods...from the myths of ancient Greece and Rome, to the legends of the Celts.
	www.kn.pacbell.com /wired/fil/pages/listancientnb.html (664 words)

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