NOAHS ARK

Purpose of myth:
Man chosen by god to accomplish a task of building an ark an 2 of every animal to survive this flood.

QUESTIONS
1) how did god tell Noah to build the Ark? Vision?
2) if god erased humanity because of sin and being wicked do you think he'll do it again?
3) if god told you to take on a task like this would you?

Bible verse:
The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord.

Noah's ark is from Christian culture and Biblical Hebrew. The flood was universal but it's from the Christian and Hebrew bible.

What the myth says about the culture:
If your doing right by god and the things you should be doing and not living in complete sin you will be rewarded in the end.

This myth is universal because Christianity and Hebrew is global as far as culture and beliefs.

Heroes journey:
Passage:Noah chosen by god
Journey: build the ark
Hero initiate: Noah
Call: finishing the ark on time
Crossing the threshold: gathering all the animals
Guardians: noahs family and god
Helpers: noahs family
Mentor: god

Heroes journey continued:
Abyss: flood
Revelation: saving the world
Atonement: none
Gift and return: knowing his strength

CITATIONS

• https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis+5:32-10:1
• http://go.galegroup.com/ps/retrieve.do?sgHitCountType=None&sort=RELEVANCE&i...