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Tumbainot: Flood Myth And Hero Of Maasai Tribe

open access: green, 2022
Myth of Tumbainot is from the Maasai tribe, Kenya. Tumbainot is righteous in the eyes of God when, from mythological and spiritual perspective, the densely populated world becomes sinful and the first murder is committed. Prior to the penance and other religious ways for the atonement of sins, complete annihilation of humankind is the primordial image ...
Priyanka Sharma, Eric Soreng
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“St. Petersburg Flood Legend” and the Myth of the “End of Petersburg”

open access: goldPhilosophy. Journal of the Higher School of Economics, 2021
The article examines the “flood legend” as part of the cultural myth of the “end of St. Petersburg” (ie, in essence, the end of the empire created by Peter I.). The existence of a “folklore flood legend” is postulated by all authors of works on the “Petersburg myth” and “Petersburg text”.
К В Душенко
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The Roles of Animals in Chinese Flood Myths [PDF]

open access: bronzeAsia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2021
Zelei LIAN
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Assessing the myth of disaster risk reduction in the wake of catastrophic floods [PDF]

open access: goldnpj Natural Hazards
AbstractWhether disasters serve as focusing events leading to measures that reduce future disaster risks is contested. Here, we study flood disasters in 23 of the world’s most flood-prone countries to assess whether catastrophic floods, those milestone events with the highest fatalities, have been followed by decreasing mortality in subsequent floods ...
Daniel Nohrstedt   +3 more
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A Study on the Korean Flood Myth

open access: goldKorean Journal of Folk Studies, 2012
Heon-Seon Kim
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The Water Myth in Cinema

open access: yesГалактика медиа: журнал медиа исследований, 2023
This study aims to explore the portrayal of the Fountain of Youth and the myth of the Flood in movies. Firstly, the meaning of the water myth is explained.
Murat Şahin
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