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<blockquote data-quote="Frumious Bandersnatch" data-source="post: 31619266" data-attributes="member: 7449"><p>Except that the Chinese have no such story. </p><p>Here are Chinese "flood legends" from <a href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html#China" target="_blank">Talk Origins</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Supreme Sovereign ordered the water god Gong Gong to create a flood as punishment and warning for human misbehavior. Gong Gong extended the flood for 22 years, and people had to live in high mountain caves and in trees, fighting with wild animals for scarce resources. Unable to persuade the Supreme Sovereign to stop the flood, and told by an owl and a turkey about _Xirang_ or Growing Soil, the supernatural hero Gun stole Growing Soil from heaven to dam the waters. Before Gun was finished, however, the Supreme Sovereign sent the fire god Zhu Rong to execute him for his theft. The Growing Soil was taken back to heaven, and the floods continued. However, Gun's body didn't decay, and when it was cut apart three years later, his son Yu emerged in the form of a horned dragon. Gun's body also transformed into a dragon at that time and thenceforth lived quietly in the deeps. The Supreme Sovereign was fearful of Yu's power, so he cooperated and gave Yu the Growing Soil and the use of the dragon Ying. Yu led other gods to drive away Gong Gong, distributed the Growing Soil to remove most of the flood, and led the people to fashion rivers from Ying's tracks and thus channel the remaining floodwaters to the sea. [<a href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html#Walls" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">Walls</span></a>, pp. 94-100]</p><p>The goddess Nu Kua fought and defeated the chief of a neighboring tribe, driving him up a mountain. The chief, chagrined at being defeated by a woman, beat his head against the Heavenly Bamboo with the aim of wreaking vengeance on his enemies and killing himself. He knocked it down, tearing a hole in the sky. Floods poured out, inundating the world and killing everyone but Nu Kua and her army; her divinity made her and her followers safe from it. Nu Kua patched the hole with a plaster made from stones of five different colors, and the floods ceased. [<a href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html#Werner" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">Werner</span></a>, p. 225; <a href="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html#Vitaliano" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">Vitaliano</span></a>, p. 163]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frumious Bandersnatch, post: 31619266, member: 7449"] Except that the Chinese have no such story. Here are Chinese "flood legends" from [URL="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html#China"]Talk Origins[/URL]. The Supreme Sovereign ordered the water god Gong Gong to create a flood as punishment and warning for human misbehavior. Gong Gong extended the flood for 22 years, and people had to live in high mountain caves and in trees, fighting with wild animals for scarce resources. Unable to persuade the Supreme Sovereign to stop the flood, and told by an owl and a turkey about _Xirang_ or Growing Soil, the supernatural hero Gun stole Growing Soil from heaven to dam the waters. Before Gun was finished, however, the Supreme Sovereign sent the fire god Zhu Rong to execute him for his theft. The Growing Soil was taken back to heaven, and the floods continued. However, Gun's body didn't decay, and when it was cut apart three years later, his son Yu emerged in the form of a horned dragon. Gun's body also transformed into a dragon at that time and thenceforth lived quietly in the deeps. The Supreme Sovereign was fearful of Yu's power, so he cooperated and gave Yu the Growing Soil and the use of the dragon Ying. Yu led other gods to drive away Gong Gong, distributed the Growing Soil to remove most of the flood, and led the people to fashion rivers from Ying's tracks and thus channel the remaining floodwaters to the sea. [[URL="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html#Walls"][COLOR=#0000ff]Walls[/COLOR][/URL], pp. 94-100] The goddess Nu Kua fought and defeated the chief of a neighboring tribe, driving him up a mountain. The chief, chagrined at being defeated by a woman, beat his head against the Heavenly Bamboo with the aim of wreaking vengeance on his enemies and killing himself. He knocked it down, tearing a hole in the sky. Floods poured out, inundating the world and killing everyone but Nu Kua and her army; her divinity made her and her followers safe from it. Nu Kua patched the hole with a plaster made from stones of five different colors, and the floods ceased. [[URL="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html#Werner"][COLOR=#0000ff]Werner[/COLOR][/URL], p. 225; [URL="http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html#Vitaliano"][COLOR=#0000ff]Vitaliano[/COLOR][/URL], p. 163] [/QUOTE]
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