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Next, I checked Central America:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_flood_myths
“Many Mesoamerican flood myths have been documented in written form or passed down through in oral tradition. Some clearly have Christian influences, but others are believed by scholars to represent native flood myths of pre-Columbian origin.[1]
One myth documented among the Tlapanec and Huaxtecs has a man and his dog as the sole survivors of the deluge, but the man finds out that the dog takes the shape of a woman during the day when he is away. The man and the dogwoman then repopulate the earth. Another myth found among the Aztec and Totonac peoples relates how a human couple survive by hiding in a hollow vessel and start to cook a fish when the water subsides. When the smoke reaches the heavens the gods become angry and punish them by turning them into dogs or monkeys depending on the version.”
>> Super important: “hide in a hollow vessel” = like a boat or an ARK. Another notable is the SMOKE reaching the Heavens and the gods getting angry and punishing the couple. Didn’t Utnapishtin make a sacrifice as soon as he got out of the Ark? (page 39). Remember the single black cloud that rose on the horizon at dawn in the Epic of Gilgamesh? (Page 41)
“In Maya mythology as expressed in the Popol Vuh the creator gods attempted to create creatures who would worship them three times before finally succeeding in creating a race of humans that would pay proper homage to their creators. The three previous creations were destroyed. The third race of humans carved from wood were destroyed by a flood, mauled by wild animals and smashed by their own tools and utensils.[2][3] Maya flood myths recorded by Diego de Landa and in the Chilam Balam of Chumayel holds that the only survivors of the flood were the four Bacabs who took their places as upholders of the four corners of the sky.
In many Mesoamerican flood myths, especially recorded among the Nahua (Aztec), peoples tell that there were no survivors of the flood and creation had to start from scratch, while other accounts relate that current humans are descended from a small number of survivors. In some accounts the survivors transgress against the gods by lighting a fire and consequently are turned into animals. Horcasitas acknowledges that the dog-wife tale and the tale of transgression by fire and subsequent turning into animals of the flood survivors may be of pre-Columbian origin.”
>> So just like what we see in Dogon stories, here, the cause of the Great Flood seem to be some type of great transgression or should I say SIN; even cannibalism was suspected as being the cause of it. Pay attention to that single black cloud I just mentioned in my earlier comment anons. What can cause a SINGLE black cloud to be FORMED? = FIRE. Here, we have an additional piece of the puzzle to link with the others about the cataclysm.
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