The flood stories of ancient Mesopotamia and the Hebrew Bible: Utnapishtim in the Gilgamesh epic, Atrahasis and Noah. A myth belongs here when its cited article describes a flood sent by the gods and one survivor in a boat. It excludes the Greek and Iranian flood stories. Examples in the atlas include The Flood of Utnapishtim, Noah and the Flood and Atrahasis and the Mesopotamian Flood. These accounts are closely related, and the Mesopotamian versions are the older sources of the biblical story.
All Near Eastern Flood Myths
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Utnapishtim (Wikipedia)
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Uta-napishtim or Utnapishtim (Akkadian: 𒌓𒍣, "he has found life") was a legendary mortal king of the ancient city of Shuruppak in southern Iraq who, according to the Gilgamesh flood myth, survived the Flood by making and occupying a boat.
Genesis flood narrative (Wikipedia)
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The Genesis flood narrative (chapters 6-9 of the Book of Genesis) is a Hebrew flood myth.
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