All culture flood myths are similar but are not exactly the same each culture has their own little plot twist you just have to notice it. For example Noah's arc and Utnapishtim story are both really similar but have a few differences for one Noah took all his family on his arc while Utnapishtim just took his wife. Noah also took 2 of every animal while Utnapishtim took absolutely no animals with him. Another difference from Noah and Utnapishtim is that Noah got rewarded for surviving the flood while Utnapishtim got punished for surviving the flood by being given immortality. But there also a lot of more flood myths than just those two for example there is the Indian flood myth. That similar to all other flood myths has a "hero" but the hero in this story is called Manu. Manu gets warned that there is going to be a flood that's going to destroy the whole human race so Manu is instructed to build a boat by the fish that told him that there is going to be a flood. The fish is called Matsya who is a fish incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Matsya is one of Lord Vishnu's many incarnations.
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