After the people and the animals are created, the gods begin to create the cities, with the first being Eridu.

人和动物被创造出来后，众神开始创造城市，第一个是埃里度。

The earliest cities were Uruk, Ur, and Eridu, and eventually there were a dozen cities.

最早的城市是乌鲁克、乌尔和埃里都，最后有十几个城市。

Then the Eridu Genesis tablet is damaged, and the next thing we know is the gods decide to destroy humanity with flood.

然后《埃里度创世纪》的石碑被毁了，接下来我们知道的就是众神决定用洪水毁灭人类。

The Acadian and Babylonian text titled Atrahasis, which is another text of the great flood, is often used to fill in the gaps where the Eridu Genesis is damaged.

用阿卡迪亚和巴比伦文字写的《阿特拉哈希斯》是大洪水的另一个文本，经常被用来填补《埃里度创世纪》中破损的空白。

Today we're going to have a look at the Eridu Genesis and the Genesis Flood myth, as well as flood myths from ancient Greece, ancient China, and the Maya of Mesoamerica.

今天我们将了解神话故事《埃里度创世纪》和《创世纪的洪水》，以及来自古希腊、古代中国和中美洲玛雅的洪水神话。