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[MrUnderhill]

Chaldean -

"told him to build a vessel (5 stadia by 2 stadia) for himself, his friends and relations, and all kinds of animals"

Babylonian -

Enlil adivsed the gods to destroy all humans with a flood, but Enki had Atrahasis build an ark and so escape. Also on the boat were cattle, wild animals and birds, and Atrahasis' family. After the flood, the gods regretted their action, and Enki established barren women and stillbirth to avoid the problem in the future.

Hindu -

"The Lord of the Universe," to preserve king Satyavarata from dangers of the depravity of the age, sent him a large ship, and told him to gather himself, medicinal herbs, and pairs of brute animals aboard it to save them from a flood"

Caddo Indians (OK)

"One man heard a voice telling him to plant a hollow reed. He did so, and it quickly grew very big. He, his wife, and pairs of all good animals entered the reed."

Zoroastrianism

"After Ahura Mazda has warned Yima that destruction in the form of winter, frost, and floods, subsequent to the melting of the snow, are threatening the sinful world, he proceeds to instruct him to build a vara, 'fortress or estate,' in which specimens of small and large cattle, human beings, dogs, birds, red flaming fires, plants and foodstuffs will have to be deposited in pairs."


Yes... plenty of flood mythology does not fit the "noahic" account. And yes, plenty are not worldwide floods.

But this is WAY more than just a judeo-christian thing. And way more than an Abrahamic thing (as the second spin goes).