summary- In this story, the great god Ndengi gets upset with his two grandsons after they kill his messenger bird. His grandsons then buried the bird to cover up their tracks but the grandfather soon finds out that it was them who killed the bird. When he found out, his grandsons packed up and moved to the mountain side and lived with some other people. Their grandfather soon found out where they now lived and fought them. Not making any progress, their grandfather flooded the mountainside until his grandsons prayed to another god and received a canoe and escaped.
Cultural overview- During this time, people thought of certain birds as a sacred gift from the gods. So for Ndengi's grandsons to do that was a disgraced and it angered Ndengi very much.
Similarities- A similarity is that a god was made upset because of something and this story had characters die and survive. The survivors escaped the flood on a boat and birds were an important part of the story. The last similarity is that a god was involved in both stories.
Cultural overview- During this time, people thought of certain birds as a sacred gift from the gods. So for Ndengi's grandsons to do that was a disgraced and it angered Ndengi very much.
Similarities- A similarity is that a god was made upset because of something and this story had characters die and survive. The survivors escaped the flood on a boat and birds were an important part of the story. The last similarity is that a god was involved in both stories.
differences- A difference is that a lot of people didn't die in this myth and the flood was caused because of family, not the whole world. Another difference is that the gods are from two different religions. Birds were killed in this story instead of being one of the most important piece of the story.
Citations- http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html