• @Siegfried@lemmy.world
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    116 days ago

    I strongly believe that it happened. It doesn’t need to be a “flood of biblical dimensions” but just one terrible enough to convince a few early tribes that it was the end of the world as we know it.

    That’s mankind lore

    • @nomous@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      I feel like the myth existing in cultures around the world from Mesopotamia to the Americas gives it credence. It makes sense that a “world-changing event” would work its way into various disparate cultures myths.

      • @Slovene@feddit.nl
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        6 days ago

        Or it’s because people all around the world always lived next to water and encountered floods.

        • @nomous@lemmy.world
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          26 days ago

          Absolutely, water being such a vital part of life pretty much ensures it’ll be referenced. Kind of the same thing as various sun gods in cultures around the world.