The flood myths and apocalyptic myths differ greatly from the Eastern (Asiatic and Indian) countries to the Western (Norse, Christian, Muslim) countries. What similarities do you notice in the myths from the East as opposed to the myths of the West?
What do you think about the similarities in flood myths? Someone always survives these great cataclysmic events. Are these people divinely spared, a symbol of human resilience, or a necessary part of the recreation of humanity? If you believe the floods were localized, then other people must be alive in other parts of the world; if you believe there was one flood and Noah and his family repopulated the entire earth what are the scientific implications of that theory? Would there be genetic abnormalities after a while like were known to appear in royal bloodlines? All of these questions play into the end of time scenarios presented in apocalyptic literature.