Throughout history, human beings have created their own sanctity under different forms and have endeavored to make their life more systematic with the rules on which this holy is based. These holy rules are sometimes passed down through the generations, sometimes verbally and sometimes in writing, as a guide for those who follow. The best known of these narratives are myths. These myths were transformed into sacred texts through the adoption of new belief systems or the adoption of new forms of belief in time. The narratives of the flood and the eschatology that developed due to it, which are the main subject of our study, have been frequently mentioned in both myths and sacred texts.

Based on the story of creation, which one starts from himself and expands to the universe he lives in, myths emerged with the formation of other beings in nature, adorned with supernatural events in the historical process. Some of the narratives in these myths are surprisingly similar to the events in the sacred texts of religions, which are described as heavenly, although time and space differ. The Flood myths, which include the ending and a new beginning The great flaws and mistakes made against the sacred believed since the formation of societies have resulted in the divine punishment of many civilizations through water. are among the most well-known of the above-mentioned common subjects. Water swallowed the guilty people and purified humanity from its mistakes and became the main object of the story for the next generations.

According to the current data, the narratives of Sumerian tablets, which are considered to be the oldest written source we have in relation to flood myths, are Turkish, Greek, Indian, Chinese, Palestinian, Sumerian, Babylonian, Hittite, Greek, Assyrian, Welsh, Philippine, Peru, Mexico, Iran, Aztec, America, Australia, Tibet, Malaysia, Lithuania ... In many different myths, from cultural narratives such as the main theme, similar topics are encountered.

The concept of religion, which we can briefly describe as the experience of the sacred, has been classified by taking certain criteria into consideration. Religions classified as Primitive Tribal Religions, National Religions and Universal Religions as they are generally accepted are classified as Right and Superstition in Islamic references. Both the primitive tribal religions and national religions and the universally accepted religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islamic beliefs are mentioned in the sacred texts of the flood event. In the divine texts in the Bible and the Holy Quran, societies have been punished with the flood, which is called the natural catastrophe, for the great flaw inflicted upon the creator or the ambassador he sent.

When we look at myths and sacred texts in general, the deluge phenomena; Even if the characteristics of person, time and space are different, they bear great similarities in terms of their causes and consequences. Although it seems different, the savior people, who are the main personalities of these narratives, which are parallel to each other both in terms of their emergence, life and consequences, have lived in different times and places, even though their names are different. the role they have assumed and the task they have fulfilled have always been the same.

In addition to its punitive feature, water became the main object of the deluge narratives which were intended as a sign for later generations. The cult of water, which is considered sacred in many different cultures, has become a destructive character in the floods and at the same time it has been a means of purification by preventing it from making the same mistakes in later generations. Therefore, in mythology, the flood symbolizes death and symbolizes life and renewal. Water, which is the main element of life and creation, has become differentiated from the sins and punishes the sinners by taking on different meanings with the flood.

In our communique titled “Narrative of Flood in Myths and Sacred Texts in Noah's Flood” the myths related to the Flood incident and the narratives in the sacred texts will be discussed and the similarities between them will be expressed.

Key Words: Myth, Sacred Text, Flood, Noah.