ID: 901000353 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000353	Record Type: Character/Person

	Noah (Abrahamic religion character)

Note: Hero of the biblical Flood story in the Old Testament book of Genesis, the originator of vineyard cultivation, and, as the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the representative head of a Semitic genealogical line. A synthesis of at least three biblical source traditions, Noah is the image of the righteous man made party to a covenant with Yahweh, the God of Israel, in which nature’s future protection against catastrophe is assured.

Names:

	Noah (Abrahamic religion character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Noe (Abrahamic religion character) (English,U,N)
	נח (Abrahamic religion character) (Hebrew,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Old Testament iconography> (P)
		........<Old Testament characters> (P)
		............Noah (Abrahamic religion character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	is actor for .... Story of Noah
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Story of Noah (Old Testament narratives)) [901001919]

	is actor for .... Noah's Flood
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Story of Noah (Old Testament narratives), Noah's Flood (Old Testament narrative)) [901001917]

	associated with .... Noah's Ark
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Old Testament iconography, Old Testament narratives, Story of Noah (Old Testament narratives), Noah's Ark (Old Testament narrative)) [901000954]

	counterpart is .... Deucalion
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Deucalion (Greek character)) [901000551]

	counterpart is .... Utnapishtim
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern iconography, Ancient Near-Middle Eastern characters, Utnapishtim (Mesopotamian character)) [901001923]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... religious character
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Abrahamic religions
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Noah (Abrahamic religion character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [online] (2001-)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) in 71B3 story of Noah
	Noe (Abrahamic religion character)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	נח (Abrahamic religion character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Noah," accessed 1 July 2017
	................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)