ID: 901001917 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001917	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Noah's Flood (Old Testament narrative)

Note: In the Old Testament, narratives surrounding a flood that God brought upon the Earth, killing all men and animals except for Noah and his family, and the animals they brought aboard an ark. The story of the Flood has close affinities with Babylonian traditions of apocalyptic floods in which Utnapishtim plays the part corresponding to that of Noah. These mythologies are the source of such features of the biblical Flood story as the building and provisioning of the ark, its flotation, and the subsidence of the waters, as well as the part played by the human protagonist. Tablet XI of the Gilgamesh epic introduces Utnapishtim, who, like Noah, survived cosmic destruction by heeding divine instruction to build an ark.

Names:

	Noah's Flood (Old Testament narrative) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
		........<Old Testament narratives> (P)
		............Story of Noah (Old Testament narratives) (I)
		................Noah's Flood (Old Testament narrative) (P)

Related Iconography:

	actor is .... Noah
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament characters, Noah (Abrahamic religion character)) [901000353]

	counterpart is .... Babylonian Flood
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern narratives, Epic of Gilgamesh (Mesopotamian narratives), Babylonian Flood (Mesopotamian narrative)) [901001920]

	counterpart is .... Flood of Deucalion
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek narratives, Flood of Deucalion (Greek narrative)) [901001940]

	source is .... Bible, Old Testament
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Named written and performed works, Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Bible (sacred literature, Judeo-Christian), Bible, Old Testament (Biblical books, sacred texts)) [901000253]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
	.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Old Testament (culture or period)
	.....(Ancient Middle Eastern, Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... flood (natural event)
	.....(natural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	topic is .... salvation
	.....(doctrinal concepts, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Noah's Flood (Old Testament narrative)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Noah," accessed 3 July 2017
	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)