Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Assur / Ashur, Assur, Assyr" | Hebrew | Grandson of Noah in the Hebrew Scriptures. |
"Deluges" | Chinese | The principle ones are: the deluge of Fohi, Chinese. The Satyavrata, of the Indians; the Xisuthrus, of the Assyrians; the Mexican deluge; Noah's Flood and the Greek deluges of Deucalion and Ogyges. |
"Iapetos" | Greek | The father of Atlas and ancestor of the human race, called genus Iapeti, the progeny of Iapetus. By many considered the same as Japheth, one of the sons of Noah. Greek |