Author and researcher Gary Wayne is no stranger to the mysteries of Genesis.
In a recent discussion on Taylor Welch’s “The Deep End,” he unpacked the ancient flood story through a biblical lens, drawing connections between the Genesis account and flood legends found in cultures worldwide.
According to Wayne, these parallels aren’t contradictions—they’re confirmations.
“We ought not to worry about other accounts of the flood,” he said. “We have the biblical account and we can see how they intersect with the Bible… they’re talking about the same details…”
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Wayne emphasized that even though the Epic of Gilgamesh is often cited as being older than Genesis, that doesn’t discredit the Bible’s authority. “That perspective is… we have tablets dating to about 2150 BC… but it doesn’t make [the Bible] not true,” he explained. “Moses is receiving the ancient story from God.”
He views the Epic of Gilgamesh as a polytheistic version of the same flood event, noting its protagonist Utnapishtim is described as part god and part human—clearly a reference to Nephilim, or giants.
“The Noah story is humans. These are giants,” he emphasizes. “The details become different because…one is a survival from the polytheist lens of the giants.”
In Gilgamesh’s world, giants are central, a detail Wayne links to Genesis 6:4 and the concept of a second incursion of fallen angels after the flood.
Wayne further notes that the proof of underwater cities today bring up the greater question of how they got there in the first place, potential proof of ancient Nephilim existence.
“If we look around the earth, we have underwater cities… in the Southeast Asia and elsewhere. And how did they get there? So, I think the flood story is something we should have faith in, and it’s God’s intercession into humanity,” he says.
This is an intriguing notion just may further connect to recent evidence regarding tombs related to these Gilgamesh giant have appeared on social media.
“What the Iraq War in 2003 was really about: The Gilgamesh resurrection protocol,” read one post.
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Ultimately, regardless of how these giants lived, where and its implications for the future, Wayne points out one thing that is certain about the flood: “This is a worldwide catastrophe that is remembered… because it was the reset of the earth.”
Wayne’s research challenges listeners to reevaluate what they think they know about myth and history. In his view, the flood was not just an ancient disaster—it was a divine intervention with eternal implications.
Abby Trivett is content development editor for Charisma Media.
