The Bible contains a flood myth in the first book of the Old Testament. In this story, God became grieved that he had created mankind because everyone had nothing but evil in their hearts all the time. Therefore, he decided to wipe out mankind via flooding the earth. But God was happy with Noah, who was the only righteous man on earth. God instructed Noah to build an ark and bring with him his wife, his sons and their wives, and two of every animal on earth. After Noah obeyed God’s command, the earth was flooded by massive amounts of rain. After the flood subsided and Noah found land to live on, God vowed never again to wipe out mankind.

The Romans also had a flood myth in their society. In the story, Jove, one of the gods, was also angered at the evil ways of mankind. Therefore, he resolved to destroy ev

Though each myth has its own unique vision of the earth being flooded, they all have many similarities as well. The Christian and the Roman flood myths are both similar in that the reason mankind was destroyed is because God and/or the gods were unhappy with the evil and the wickedness found in humans. “The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness on earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time.” [Gen 6:5] And for the Hindu myth, although Vishnu floods the earth in a repetitive cycle, mankind is still in a dark age before the destruction comes. The dark age is when man is wicked and there’s three times more evil in the world than the first age of man.

Another interesting difference present between the myths is way the floods are executed by the powers that exist. In the Christian flood myth, there is only one all-powerful god who floods the earth by himself. In the Roman version, the flood is executed primarily by Jove and Neptune. Many of the other gods are against the destruction but are helpless and/or won’t stand up for mankind and nature. Fascinatingly, in the Hindu myth, when Vishnu destroys the world, not only does he destroy all life on earth, he also destroys the lesser gods that are present in the myth. “Beside the desolate sea, only the great god Vishnu will continue to exist, for the fire and flood will have destroyed all of the other gods along with the rest of all life.” [Rosenberg, p. 293]

The Hindu religion also recognizes a flood in its history. Vishnu, a very powerful god, has three forms: as Brahma, the creator of life on earth; as Vishnu, the preserver of life on earth; and as Shiva-Rudra, the destroyer of life on earth. Through these forms, Vishnu upholds a constant cycle of creation, death and rebirth. Then Vishnu destroys life on earth, he is in the form of

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