The Flood Archetype Of 'Noah's Ark'

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The Flood Archetype is about a devastating flood that ends human civilization, but people have to rebuild civilization with the hope of a golden age. In the flood archetype, there is a god that wipes out all of human civilization for being spiteful; Although the god wipes out all of human civilization, there is a chosen person that has to build an ark or a shelter in order to survive the massive, catastrophic flood. Noah’s Ark, a Biblical story in the Old Testament, is about a man named Noah who is told by God to make an ark in preparation for the flood when God says, “I will wipe out from the earth the men whom I have created… But Noah found favor with the Lord”. God floods Earth as a result of human’s cruel, violent tendencies