Ziusudra

[ zee-oo-soo-druh ]

noun

1. a legendary Sumerian king who built a boat in which to escape the Deluge.

Example Sentences

But the Sumerians did not think of themselves as native Mesopotamians: according to their legends, they came from a place called Dilmun, where lived Ziusudra, the sole survivor of the Flood.

From Time Magazine Archive

An 8-to-10-ft. deposit of clay from about 4000 B.C. indicates a possible Sumerian basis for the Biblical story of the Flood, and the Sumerian version has its Noah�a good man named Ziusudra who was instructed by two gods how to build an ark and save himself and his family from the inundation that would destroy mankind.

From Time Magazine Archive

Like Noah, Ziusudra determined when the waters had subsided by releasing birds from the ark.

From Time Magazine Archive