You know, they, they being the world, claim that well, you know, the story of the flood exists in numerous cutlures. Really? What a surprise, since only eight people came off the ark. These eight people repopulated the world. Any chance they might have told their children of the flood? Of course. And their children told the sory? Of course. And on and on over the many eyars and as the people spread out, the story was taken with them. So no surprise to me this story may appear in other cultures and parrellel the story in the Bible.