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Ta h i t i
A mountainous South Pacific island, the original homeland of all Polynesian
peoples, which was destroyed by a world-class catastrophe of hurricane gusts and
a rain of stones falling from the sky. The entire island sank beneath the sea, killing
every living thing, save for a husband and wife, who piled with their animals into a
boat and landed atop the highest mountain peak, O Pitohito, the only remaining
dry land. Later, after the waters abated, descendants of the surviving couple named
a new island after the drowned homeland, today’s Tahiti.Talli
Flood hero of North America’s Lenape Indians. He and his followers survived
the Deluge by riding it out in “great canoes.” They landed at the Land of Snakes,
where Talli led them successfully in battle.Talvolte
In Maidu Indian myth, head of the Tortoise Clan, because he led his family to
North America following the Great Flood that destroyed the rest of mankind. The
tortoise is symbolic of the Deluge in many Native American traditions. The Mandan