![]() To be sure, this story known as "the Flood myth" is found with various embellishments in all cultures throughout the world. Most popularly known as Noah (in the Biblical tradition) and Gilgamesh (in the Middle Eastern traditions), this divinely inspired hero carefully protected all types of creatures in a huge boat until the end of the flood, after which he allowed them to multiply and recreate life as it existed before. In order to save the living entities, a hero arose just in time to protect the seeds of all species for their future perpetuation. I have to digress slightly from this story to bring together another popular mythological story from the Biblical times.Īll over the world there exist stories of a universal flood-so devastating that practically every species of life was threatened with utter annihilation. The first incarnation or avatar taken by Vishnu was that of a fish. ![]()
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