The Flood of the Earth

This story is taken from my book, Flood Legends:  Global Clues of a Common Event.  I include it here, not as a prideful thing, but because I think it's an interesting story, and all other versions of it have copyrights attached.  Mine does, too, but I'm allowed to use my own work. 

I think.




The Flood of the Earth


A race of giants was destroying the earth, and God, angry with them for it, commanded a man to build a very large canoe.  The man did as he was told, and as soon as he entered it, the water rose on all sides, until no land could be seen in any direction.  Bored with the scenery, the man told an otter to dive down into the waters and see what he could find.  The otter returned with a piece of earth.  The man took the earth in his hand and breathed on it, and it began to grow.  So he laid it on the water, kept it from sinking, and watched as it continued to grow.  As it grew and grew, the man saw that it was becoming an island.  So he placed a reindeer on it, and the reindeer ran around in a circle, making a quick circuit about the island.  The man decided that the earth was not yet large enough, so he continued to blow on it.  In time, all of the lakes, mountains, and rivers were formed, and the man knew it was time to leave the canoe.

-From the Montagnais People, Hudson Bay, found in Flood Legends:  Global Clues of a Common Event

While I talk about this at length in the book, what strikes me about this legend is how similar it is to the Biblical account.  Now, most people assume that it was taken from the Europeans who settled here, but that's not the case, as the Montagnais People already had a fully-formed mythology long before the Bible was brought over.  This means that this story is the very same story passed down from generation to generation, stretching back thousands of years, probably to the Tower of Babel.