http://jewishatheist.blogspot.com/2005/ ... world.html
even more, separated out by continent, region, and culture etc...
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html
and also one from mesopotamia, one of the earliest civilizations
http://www.mythfolklore.net/3043mythfol ... ground.htm
I was watching the fireworks when I remembered my 6th grade history teacher saying that every ancient civilization has a flood story, yes I know sounds off topic but think.
1)Forerunner come to earth and build the Ark
2)Forerunner and us take shelter in the Ark
3)Halos activated and sterilization(the flood in the stories) was unleashed upon the galaxy
in the stories the flood is the Halo's detonating
So the rest of humanity has died, and the ones that had survived had the story of the Ark, they tell their story to their children, grandchildren, and so on and so forth. But as we populated more and more of the Earth the real story was altered
my theory: This means that the Forerunner and Humans are separate species
That the Halos were activated before
That all of present day human's ancestors took shelter within the Ark
This makes sense because the Flood killed all land animals, and in most story there is a repopulating which is obviously the few survivors reseeding Earth
I wrote this up as I thought it so it might seem kinda shaky, but I'll elaborate after more thought.
EDIT: i checked out the Kenyan one
the hole 7 miles deep might mean the position of the Ark, and in the Halo 3 G3, when the Ark is opening a lot of clouds were in the sky, which links to the "the raised a thunder and hailstorm as they came"Kikuyu (Kenya):
A beautiful but mysterious woman agreed to marry a man on the condition that he never ask about her family. He agreed, and they lived happily together until it was time for their oldest son's circumcision, and the man asked his wife why her family couldn't attend the ceremony. With that, the wife bounced into the air and made a hole seven miles deep when she landed. She called upon her ancestors, who came as spirits from Mt. Kenya. The spirits raised a thunder and hailstorm as they came. They brought food, goats, cattle, and beer with them and, while the people took shelter in caves, flooded the countryside with beer, turning it into a lake. When the spirits left, they took the couple and their children with them into Mt. Kenya. [Abrahams, pp. 336-338]
ack, but its late, I'll clarify more in the morning