Flood myths have endured across cultures for millennia, each retelling cataclysmic events said to have reshaped the Earth. In the Bible, Noah's flood symbolizes divine cleansing. Predating that account, a Sumerian legend tells of King Ziusudra and his survival through a great deluge. Across the world, thousands of flood stories persist?often involving powerful beings described as gods who played a role in humanity's fate.