Question

In which story did all the humans turn to clay?

In which story did a rainbow appear to tell humanity that no such flood would ever occur again?

In which story was the flood sent to put out a great fire?

Three Flood Stories

Indian Dynasties

Answer 1

I don’t have enough context to answer definitively. Are you looking at a particular book, chapter or set of texts called “Three Flood Stories” or “Indian Dynasties”? If so, tell me the source (or paste the short passages) and I can point to the specific story for each motif.

If you mean the well‑known flood myths more generally, here are the most likely identifications:

- A rainbow appears as God’s sign that a flood will never recur: Noah’s Flood (Genesis, the Bible).
- The Indian flood myth with Manu and the fish (Matsya Purana / Manu tradition) is the best‑known Hindu flood story (Manu is warned by the fish/Viṣḥnu and saves life on a boat).
- “All the humans turned to clay” and “flood sent to put out a great fire” are less standard motifs and occur in different traditions:
- “All humans turned to clay” resembles creation/destruction motifs in Mesopotamian and some Indian texts where humans are made of clay (e.g., Enuma Elish / Atrahasis describe humans made from clay and divine blood). Some local variants of Indian/Purāṇic destruction myths also describe human bodies reverting to earth/mud.
- “Flood sent to put out a great fire” appears in some indigenous/folk myths worldwide (some Native American and Pacific myths have floods used to quench world fire), but it’s not a common element of the mainstream Hindu Manu/Matsya story.

If you can tell me the exact source or paste the three short stories/paragraphs you’re looking at, I’ll identify each motif precisely.