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Actually, there are a number of different explanations. One is that they borrowed. Another is that there really was a great world-wide flood -- if there really was such a thing, it stands to reason that multiple cultures would have it reflected in their myths. And another is just that a big flood is a pretty traumatic event for a primitive society, and so it tends to get reflected in their myths.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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