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Ojibwe: Great Serpent and the Great Flood [7] Ojibwe: Manabozho and the Muskrat [7] Ojibwe: Waynaboozhoo and the Great Flood [7] Orowignarak (Alaska): "A great inundation, together with an earthquake, swept the land so rapidly that only a few people escaped in their skin canoes to the tops of the highest mountains." [12] Ottawa: The Great Flood [7]
After the completion of 1,000 four-age cycles or a kalpa, a great flood is unleashed on Bhumi, the earth, by Prakriti, the personification of nature. When Jala (water) reaches the abode of the Saptarishis, the entire world is encompassed by a single ocean. The breath of Vishnu disperses all the clouds and reabsorbs them, after which he proceeds ...
A flood myth or a deluge myth is a myth in which a great flood, usually sent by a deity or deities, destroys civilization, often in an act of divine retribution. Parallels are often drawn between the flood waters of these myths and the primeval waters which appear in certain creation myths , as the flood waters are described as a measure for ...
This "Global Hinduism" [164] has a worldwide appeal, transcending national boundaries [164] and, according to Flood, "becoming a world religion alongside Christianity, Islam and Buddhism", [164] both for the Hindu diaspora communities and for westerners who are attracted to non-western cultures and religions. [164]
Hinduism is one of the Dharmic religions and adheres to the concept of dharma, a cosmic order. The dharmic principle of reincarnation has gained popularity in the United States. According to the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life survey of 2009, 24% of Americans believe in reincarnation, a core concept of Hinduism and Dharmic religions.
The flood narratives, spanning across different traditions such as Mesopotamian, Hebrew, Islamic, and Hindu, reveal striking similarities in their core elements, including divine warnings, ark construction, and the preservation of righteousness, highlighting the universal themes that thread through diverse religious beliefs.
An example of divine retribution is the story found in many cultures about a great flood destroying all of humanity, as described in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Hindu Vedas, or the Book of Genesis (6:9–8:22), leaving one principal 'chosen' survivor. In the first example, it is Utnapishtim, in the Hindu Vedas it is Manu and in the last example ...
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