The two short stories “Deucalion and Pyrrha” and “The Great Serpent and the Great Flood” both revolve around a natural disaster destroying their society without any notice, and they include certain characteristics that are peculiar to the present world. In “Deucalion and Pyrrha” one of their beloved gods were angry at how humanity is behaving, so he decided to drown the world in a flood. In “The Great Serpent and the Great Flood” a serpent was killed by the main character Nanobozho, which caused some of the serpent’s confidants to initiate a powerful flood to destroy the world. Both of these stories involve a natural disaster coming into their cities destroying humankind, and both chronicles involve no statement to any of the main characters about the flood coming to their town.
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In “Deucalion and Pyrrha” the author, Ovid, is from 43 B.C. where most authors at the time write about Roman Gods, and Ovid was no exception from this. His writing is mostly about the gods from above, and an example of this is, “And Themis heard them, and gave this oracle: ‘Go from the temple, cover your heads, loosen your robes, and throw your mother” bones behind you!’” (Ovid, line 65-58). This excerpt involves a Roman god telling the main characters a cryptic message, which is very odd in today’s writing, and this quote plays a major part in how Ovid’s writing is mostly in relation to the gods. This quaint aspect from Ovid’s writing is also shown in “The Great Serpent and the Great Flood”, a Native American story, by the way the author talks about a serpent being the antagonist, and how snakes can start a flood, which is never shown in today’s writing. These are some similarities between the two short
In “Deucalion and Pyrrha” the author, Ovid, is from 43 B.C. where most authors at the time write about Roman Gods, and Ovid was no exception from this. His writing is mostly about the gods from above, and an example of this is, “And Themis heard them, and gave this oracle: ‘Go from the temple, cover your heads, loosen your robes, and throw your mother” bones behind you!’” (Ovid, line 65-58). This excerpt involves a Roman god telling the main characters a cryptic message, which is very odd in today’s writing, and this quote plays a major part in how Ovid’s writing is mostly in relation to the gods. This quaint aspect from Ovid’s writing is also shown in “The Great Serpent and the Great Flood”, a Native American story, by the way the author talks about a serpent being the antagonist, and how snakes can start a flood, which is never shown in today’s writing. These are some similarities between the two short