Why Floods? (plus chinese zodiac)

There could be several reasons why flood myths exist. Flooding could just be frequent in that culture, they story could be a way to guide people, or maybe someone just wanted to tell a good story and it was just a coincidence that many cultures have one? While the last option is plausible, it is most unlikely. If I were to guess, the answer would more likely be one of the other options.

In different regions of the world, flooding may be a common thing that happens every once in a while, like how we discussed in class about Egypt where the Nile would flood every so often. That could be a very likely explanation to their flood myth. What is interesting about their flood myth is that, the God Ra ultimately decides against Hathor killing all of the people. In reality, floods from the Nile river most likely did not end up killing all the people, just how Ra stops Hathor from killing all the people. The climate and environment of the Nile river could have very much affected this myth. The same could go for some of the other myths. Places where flooding was very uncommon could explain why almost all of the people died in those myths just like how a society unaccustomed to floods would experience more deaths.

Stories often have themes or moral ideas within them. I feel myths are no different. The flood myths could easily be a way for elders, parents, or even government like structures to mold their people's morals. In other words, by telling a story about how a god decided to kill almost every one but say a few people because humans have become corrupt and terrible, you could easily persuade a group of people to behave, especially children. If children grow up hearing about their god nearly destroying humanity because they became bad, those children may be more inclined to be good and stick to their moral compass.

I actually found the flood myths very intriguing seeing as how several seem to be very similar yet they were documented at different times and places. For instance how Israel's flood myth is very similar to the Greek flood myth.

Chinese Zodiac

I am a tiger, specifically an Earth tiger which slightly disappointed me since I wanted to be a water tiger. I actually found that most of the characteristics of the tiger were not very like me. For instance, the tiger is said to be brave, cruel and forceful, which I am not entirely. I can be brave sometimes but the cruel and forceful is no where close seeing as I am shy and way to nice sometimes. I personally really like the zodiac signs that we are more accustomed to. In those signs, I'm a pisces, which are said to be compassionate, gentle and wise. I am gentle for sure, I don't like being aggressive unless it is necessary. I love helping others, which is the compassionate side of me. I would be curious in seeing if anyone else agrees with what their Chinese or even constellation zodiac says about them.