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FIRST FLOOD MYTH:
SECOND FLOOD MYTH: REGION OR CULTURE:
REGION OR CULTURE:

1. Who or what caused the flood?
God

2. Who were the main characters involved?
Animals, men made out of mud and men made out of wood.

3. What was the motivation to cause the flood?
To erase a mistake - rather than to punish sins.

4. Who survived the flood and why?

Did the original creator(s) maintain involvement after the flood?

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Please allow some of my ideas and research to guide you:

1. As you consider who or what caused the flood, you were right to say their form of "God." You might also add that the "Feathered Serpent" is also credited since he "first created man from mud" (http://www.mythome.org/fludmyta.html).

2. As you state who were the main characters involved, yes, it ...

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