Comparison of to mythological floods
... There are many myths that have to do with floods in many cultures. ... The days leading to the floods are similar as well as different in the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Genesis version. ... Both of the men were told about the floods to come and both were instructed to build boats and filled them with animals and their families. The differences in the construction in their boats and the number of days the floods lasted, when the waters receded, and when the men left their boats.