So, I just watched the 2014 film Noah (with Russell Crowe and Hermione Granger), and I found it a fascinating film that I might actually use in an environmental history class (it would work well paired with some of Carolyn Merchant's work).
Clearly, the narrative presented varies considerably from the Deluge story most familiar in the contemporary West, that found in the Old Testament. It got me wondering, though, about the history of the Noah story across the Abrahamic religions. Are there different versions, perhaps some not canon? Do we know the inspiration for the story, or when it become part of the textual tradition? Do Jews, Christians, and Muslims see or interpret the story differently?
I'm less interested in "deluges around the world" than I am in the Abrahamic versions, but if other stories from different religious traditions are illuminating in comparison, then I'm all ears.
Since there's nothing here, I'm going to go out on a limb with a top level post:
This is addressed in the FAQ
The oldest Deluge myth we have is from the Babylonians and is dated to 2100 BCE. The oldest version of Genesis we have is dated to 200 CE, but was most likely comprised in the 500s BCE during the Babylonian captivity. The story from Genesis was borrowed from the Sumerians and Babylonians. In the Babylonian version, Noah is named "Utnapishtim". He is a king or a lord and his ark is cubed-shaped. Other than that, the stories are pretty much the same. In other versions, Utnapishtim also goes by "Ziasudra" and "Atra-hasis"