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To: Rockingham

Maya flood myths recorded by Diego de Landa and in the Chilam Balam of Chumayel holds that the only survivors of the flood were the four Bacabs who took their places as upholders of the four corners of the sky.
Mesoamerican flood myths - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_flood_myths


97 posted on 11/22/2022 5:08:11 PM PST by Bookshelf
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To: Bookshelf

I am skeptical of the notion that all flood stories relate to a common event, or even to the same kind of a flood. After all, hurricanes and devastating storm surges are a feature of that part of the world. A really bad one could inspire a flood myth, connecting a natural event to the workings of the supernatural realm.


122 posted on 11/22/2022 5:57:42 PM PST by Rockingham
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To: Bookshelf

Floodmyths are the result of curious minds encountering fossils of sea dwelling creatures and logically concluding there wa a flood


192 posted on 11/23/2022 7:23:08 AM PST by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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