| Tradition | Region | Estimated period | Cause | Survival/Solution method | Nature of the ending |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ziusudra | Mesopotamia | Oral origin, oldest layer | God's anger at human noise | Built a boat with Enki's tip | Reconciliation with gods through sacrifice |
| Atrahasis | Mesopotamia | Clay tablet 18th century BC | Noise due to population growth | Enki's warning, loaded boat with property and livestock | Oldest written record |
| Utnapishtim | Mesopotamia | Compiled around 12th-7th century BC | Gods' decision to reduce humanity | Cube-shaped boat, confirmed land with 3 birds | Became an immortal hermit |
| Noah | Hebrew | Debated time of compilation | Judgment for human sin | Ark, confirmed land with raven and dove | Rainbow covenant, reconstruction of humanity |
| Deucalion | Greece | Plato's mention 4th century BC | Zeus's anger at human corruption | Prometheus's tip, ark | Created new humanity by throwing stones |
| Gunyu Chisu | China | Traditionally 23rd-22nd century BC, archaeologically linked to flooding around 1900 BC | Natural disaster (not judgment) | Flood control through waterways, not dams | Founding of Xia dynasty, start of hereditary monarchy |
| Manu-Matsya | India | Literature established around 6th century BC | Part of periodic world destruction | Warned and rescued in return for saving a fish | Became the new progenitor of humanity |
| Rainbow Serpent | Australia | Oral, date cannot be specified | The process of world formation itself | N/A (continuation of creation, not an event) | Remained as current terrain |
| Flood of the wooden people | Maya | Popol Vuh oral, colonial era record | Reworking of imperfect creations | None (some escaped by becoming monkeys) | Re-creation leading to corn people |
| Tata-Nena | Aztec | Five Suns era oral tradition | Era replacement by rain god Tlaloc | Survived through goodness, but violated rules | Transformed into dogs and transitioned to the next era |
| Hopi, Cheyenne, Blackfeet | North America | Oral, date cannot be specified | Explanation of tribal/linguistic origins | Evacuated to mountain tops, language differentiation through colored water | Explanation of tribal/linguistic diversity |