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无论是真实的还是虚构的,许多人类社群都保存着至少一次远古大毁灭的回忆,地球上的人类在这劫难中几乎被扫荡殆尽。有关人类灭顶之灾的最流行的神话,便是滔天洪水的故事。这类传说在亚洲、澳洲、南北美洲、欧洲、印度、美拉尼西亚、密克罗西亚和波利尼西亚都有发现,足有成百上干,其中最著名的洪水传说则来自中东。由于产生和流传的地方不同,这类传说相互间在细节上存在相当大的差异,但都有这样一个基本的故事框架:在宇宙和人的生命被创造出来之后,人类由于某些(有意或无意的)行为触犯了神灵的权威,而被处以毁灭作为惩罚。只有一个人或很少的
Whether real or imaginary, many human communities contain at least one reminder of the Great Destruction of Ancient China, and mankind on earth is nearly swept away by this catastrophe. The most popular myth about human annihilation is the monstrous flood story. Such legends have been found in Asia, Australia, North and South America, Europe, India, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia, and hundreds of them have been found. The most famous flood legend is from the Middle East. Due to the different origins and spreads of such legends, there are quite a few differences in details about each other. However, there is a basic story frame: After the universe and human life are created, human beings, due to certain (intentional or Unintentional) behavior violated the authority of the gods and was punishable by destruction. Only one person or few