The myth of the Ivory Coast flood happened when a charitable man gave away everything he had. The god Ouende rewarded him with riches, advised him to leave the area, and sent six months of rain to destroy his selfish neighbors. This shows that if you are a good and humble person, good things will come your way which in the mans case were riches and advice to leave to a different land. As a gift to the charitable man for giving everything he ever had he was warned about the flood and advised to leave the land. It also shows that jealousy can bring you karma. You should be happy with what you have and not want what other have. In both stories Gilgamesh and Mandingo, there are very violent floods. In the myth of Mandingo, the flood was meant to punish the the neighbors of the charitable man because they were jealous that they were not warned about the flood or given any goods. As a punishment, the neighbors were given 6 months of a rain. This connects to Gilgamesh because both stories include a flood that happened after someone does something wrong. Both stories also have 2 people that are briefly warned about the flood and told to leave before the flood comes so he can be safe. The story shows that if you are a good and humble person, good things will come to you but if you are not a good person, you would be punished with a great storm