Many mythologies around the world have a flood myth. But not all flood myths are the same.

The most popular flood myth is the flood associated with Noah in the Old Testament of the Bible. We are told that the world had become wicked and cruel, and Jehovah, the one true god, the creator, got angry. So, he sent a great flood to destroy the world. However, Noah was spared because he was a good man. He was told to build a boat and fill it with the male and female of every species he could find to repopulate the earth after the flood. This story is also found in Jewish and Islamic myths too.