Here is a chart comparing the features of the Christian, Chaldean and
Hindu Flood myths.
Christian Old Testament | Chaldean | Hindu |
Deity named God warns virtuous man/Noah of the flood. | Deity named Kronos appears to virtuous man/Xisuthrus in a vision and warns him of a flood. | Brahma, the Lord of the Universe appears as Vishnu to virtuous man/Satyavrata and warns him of a flood. |
Noah is the tenth patriarch. | Xisuthrus is the tenth king. | |
Noah is ordered to build an ark. | Xisuthrus is ordered to build a vessel. | A vessel is to be available to save Satyavrata. |
Noah is ordered to load the ark with selected humans and pairs of animals. | Xisuthrus is to load the vessel with selected humans and animals. | Satyvrata is ordered to load the vessel with selected humans and pairs of animals. |
As the flood recedes, three times birds are sent out to scout for land. | As the flood recedes, three times birds are sent out to scout for land. | |
The ark lands on a mountain, Mt. Ararat | The vessel lands on a mountain. | |
Noah builds an altar and offers sacrifices. | Xisuthrus builds an altar and offers sacrifices. |
Sources:
The Christian Flood Myth: The Bible, Christian Old Testament, Genesis, Chapters 6-8, KJV, cited in John G. Jackson, Christianity Before Christ, American Atheist Press, P.O. Box 2117, Austin, TX 78768-2117, 1985, pp. 29-31.
The Chaldean Flood Myth: George Smith, The Chaldean History of Berossus, New York, Scribner Armstron and Company, 1876, pp. 285-286, in John G. Jackson, Christianity Before Christ, American Atheist Press, P.O. Box 2117, Austin, TX 78768-2117, 1985, pp. 31-32.
The Hindu Flood Myth: The oldest Hindu version was published circa 600 B.C. in the Satapatha Bramana, cited by Thomas William Doane, Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions, New Hyde Park, New York, NY, University Books, 1970, p. 24., cited in John G. Jackson, Christianity Before Christ, American Atheist Press, P.O. Box 2117, Austin, TX 78768-2117, 1985, p. 33-34.