[4] For a discussion of the Babylonian version of the Deluge Legend, recently discovered among the tablets from Nippur, see [Nippur].

[5] The genealogy in Gen. v. is hardly in its original form. Enoch is probably misplaced, and Noah inserted in error.

[6] Cf. [Cosmogony], and Cheyne’s Traditions and Beliefs of Ancient Israel (on deluge-story).

[7] Cf. the myths of the Pawnees and the Quichés of Guatemala.

[8] See the cuneiform text described in KAT3, pp. 498-499.

[9] Zimmern, KAT3, p. 554.

[10] i.e. Atraḫasīs (Xisuthrus).

[11] To have omitted the animals would have been an offence against primitive views of kinship.

[12] Usener, Die Sintflutsagen, pp. 80-108, 115-127.

[13] Ib. p. 254.