Re: Question for Dick (or anyone else)

Jack has raised a really interesting question -- and put a slant on it I
haven't heard before: the idea that the flood or floods in these legends could
have taken place before the tribe migrated to its current location. I have a
book on the Navajo creation story at home. I'll take a look and see if it has
a flood legend. Of course I'll probably have to look elsewhere for timing ...

--- jack syme <drsyme@cablespeed.com> wrote:

> Is it ture that there are flood accounts, that are told by North American
> Indians, Aborigines, and Central American Indians? Is there a single source
> that locates these accounts side by side so that they can be compared?
>
> I wonder if the age, and location of this event could be determined by
> retracing migration patterns? The more isolated the tribe the better of
> course because that would reduce the chance that the story was heard from
> another tribe instead of being passed down inside the tribe.
>
>

Bill Hamilton
William E. Hamilton, Jr., Ph.D.
586.986.1474 (work) 248.652.4148 (home) 248.303.8651 (mobile)
"...If God is for us, who is against us?" Rom 8:31

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Received on Fri Mar 17 08:58:07 2006