Flood Bird Scout

myth:flood_bird_scout

A small shared thread runs through the great flood tales: when the rains end, the survivor looses birds to test the drying world. Utnapishtim sends a dove, a swallow, and a raven from his grounded boat; Noah a raven and a dove that comes back with the olive leaf. The same gesture, across the traditions — proof of kinship between the tellings. — flood-myth motif