Stories about events we can identify in the archeological record, probably. Forest fires, major battles, geological events, things like that which can be used to line the stories up with specific real-world events
I strongly believe that it happened. It doesn’t need to be a “flood of biblical dimensions” but just one terrible enough to convince a few early tribes that it was the end of the world as we know it.
what makes most sense to me, at least to explain stories in europe, is simply when doggerland got covered by the ocean. That’s a fucking big landmass that would have been prime real estate, no shit it being lost to water would be something people make stories about. And back then people didn’t live their entire lives in one village, they migrated all the time and people would hop between tribes and shit, lots of people would have personally seen that it was now underwater and spread that knowledge around.
I feel like the myth existing in cultures around the world from Mesopotamia to the Americas gives it credence. It makes sense that a “world-changing event” would work its way into various disparate cultures myths.
Absolutely, water being such a vital part of life pretty much ensures it’ll be referenced. Kind of the same thing as various sun gods in cultures around the world.
Stories about events we can identify in the archeological record, probably. Forest fires, major battles, geological events, things like that which can be used to line the stories up with specific real-world events
Those dudes survived a volcanic eruption that wiped out half of humanity. I guess they still remember it?
People are still talking about some flood that probably happened at some point in pre-history.
I strongly believe that it happened. It doesn’t need to be a “flood of biblical dimensions” but just one terrible enough to convince a few early tribes that it was the end of the world as we know it.
That’s mankind lore
what makes most sense to me, at least to explain stories in europe, is simply when doggerland got covered by the ocean. That’s a fucking big landmass that would have been prime real estate, no shit it being lost to water would be something people make stories about. And back then people didn’t live their entire lives in one village, they migrated all the time and people would hop between tribes and shit, lots of people would have personally seen that it was now underwater and spread that knowledge around.
I feel like the myth existing in cultures around the world from Mesopotamia to the Americas gives it credence. It makes sense that a “world-changing event” would work its way into various disparate cultures myths.
Or it’s because people all around the world always lived next to water and encountered floods.
Absolutely, water being such a vital part of life pretty much ensures it’ll be referenced. Kind of the same thing as various sun gods in cultures around the world.