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"The dove, the rainbow, and the unicorn": 170 years of the flood story retold for
children in words and pictures
England, E.E.E.
Publication date
2013
Link to publication
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England, E. E. E. (2013). "The dove, the rainbow, and the unicorn": 170 years of the flood
story retold for children in words and pictures.
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Appendix A: Core Statistical Data
The following facts, charts, and tables provide some of the key data used in the study.
Quick Facts:
311 books on the database
263 retellings in the corpus
Number of retellings with illustrations of the flood in the corpus, 227
Earliest represented year, 1838
Latest represented year, 2006
Number of publishers represented in the corpus, 168
Number of publishers with only one book in the corpus, 116
Number of retellings that refer to God, 235
352 0 50 100 150 200 250 R e te lli n gs
353 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 R e te lli n gs
Top Ten Motifs in Words and Images
0 50 100 150 200 250
Top Ten Motifs in Words, Images, or Both
Words Only Image Only Both
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Motif Representation
The following two tables present the number of retellings in which each motif (Classification
and Addition) is represented in words, in images, in both words and images, and in total.
Classification Number of representations Image Only Words Only Image and Words Total
01. Humanity spread across the earth (6:1) 0 66 0 66
02. The sons of (the) God/s and daughters of men procreate
(6:2) 0 14 0 14
03. Humanity’s days are to be 120 years (6:3) 0 25 0 25
04. Nephilim (6:4) 3 17 0 20
05. God sees humanity’s corruption (6:5, 12) 1 88 1 90
06. God regrets that he made humanity (6:6-7) 0 66 0 66
07. God is saddened (6:6) 0 71 0 71
08. Noah found favor with God (6:8) 0 34 0 34
09. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation (6:9) 0 178 1 179
10. Noah walked with God (6:9) 0 34 0 34
11. God announces a flood (6:13, 17; 7:4) 0 175 9 184
12. God commands Noah to build an ark (6:14-16) 1 186 6 193
13. God tells Noah he must enter the ark (6:18; 7:1) 0 102 0 102
14. God tells Noah his wife must enter the ark (6:18; 7:1) 0 72 0 72
15. God tells Noah his sons must enter the ark (6:18; 7:1) 0 72 0 72
16. God tells Noah his sons’ wives must enter the ark (6:18; 7:1) 0 73 0 73 17. God tells Noah pairs of animals must enter the ark (6:19-20) 0 138 0 138
18. Noah did as God commanded him (6:22; 7:5, 7:16) 0 94 0 94
19. God tells Noah seven clean animals and pairs of unclean
animals must enter the ark (7:2-3) 0 27 0 27
20. Noah enters the ark (7:7, 13) 4 100 6 110
21. Noah’s wife enters the ark (7:7, 13) 5 66 6 77
22. Noah’s sons enter the ark (7:7, 13) 7 58 8 73
23. Noah’s sons’ wives enter the ark (7:7, 13) 2 59 6 67
24. Animals enter the ark (7:8-9, 14-16) 42 83 68 193
25. God shut Noah in the ark (7:16) 0 89 0 89
26. The ark floats on the water (7:17-18) 43 70 97 210
27. The destruction of humanity (7:21-23) 8 121 28 157
28. The destruction of non-human life not on the ark (7:21-23) 5 99 12 116
29. God remembered Noah/the beasts/the ark (8:1) 0 37 0 37
30. God sent a wind over the earth (8:1) 0 77 1 78
31. The ark on the mountain (8:4) 24 100 52 176
32. Noah sends off a raven which flies to and fro (8:7) 4 105 39 148
355 Classification Number of representations Image Only Words Only Image and Words Total 34. Noah sends off a dove which returns with an olive-branch
(8:10-11) 10 101 92 203
35. Noah sends off a dove which does not return (8:12) 5 146 6 157
36. God tells Noah to disembark (8:15-17) 0 113 0 113
37. God tells Noah his wife must leave the ark (8:15-16) 0 49 0 49
38. God tells Noah his sons must leave the ark (8:15-16) 0 44 0 44
39. God tells Noah his sons’ wives must leave the ark (8:15-16) 0 41 0 41
40. God tells Noah the animals must leave the ark (8:17) 0 83 0 83
41. Noah leaves the ark (8:18) 12 96 5 113
42. Noah’s wife leaves the ark (8:18) 11 48 3 62
43. Noah’s sons leave the ark (8:18) 12 44 1 57
44. Noah’s sons’ wives leave the ark (8:18) 8 40 1 49
45. The animals leave the ark (8:19) 35 72 58 165
46. Noah and the altar (8:20) 11 68 35 114
47. The animals are sacrificed (8:20) 3 62 14 79
48. God smells the offering (8:21) 0 25 0 25
49. God decides not to destroy the earth/every living
being/humanity again (8:21) 0 31 0 31
50. God blesses Noah and his sons (9:1) 0 62 0 62
51. God commands Noah and his sons to be fruitful and
multiply (9:1, 7) 0 46 0 46
52. Animals will fear and dread humanity (9:2) 0 21 0 21
53. Humanity can eat animals (9:3) 0 31 0 31
54. Blood reckoning (9:5-6) 0 24 0 24
55. God's covenant (9:9, 11-13, 15-17) 0 47 0 47
56. God promises not to send flood (9:11) 0 192 1 193
57. The rainbow (9:12-17) 13 84 119 216
58. The future generation (9:18-19) 4 41 6 51
Addition Number of representations Image Only Words Only Image and Words Total
01. Adam and Eve (Gen 2-3) 2 37 6 45
02. Cain and Abel (Gen 4) 0 16 2 18
03. Jesus 0 21 0 21
04. Other biblical references/narratives 1 51 11 63
05. Noah as preacher/prophet 0 37 1 38
06. Noah builds the ark 32 55 62 149
356 Addition Number of representations Image Only Words Only Image and Words Total
08. Name/s of Noah’s wife 0 27 1 28
09. Additional roles of Noah’s wife 44 21 27 92
10. The life of Noah’s wife on the ark 23 11 15 49
11. Additional roles of Noah’s sons 54 33 54 141
12. The life of Noah’s sons on the ark 19 9 7 35
13. Name/s of the sons’ wives 1 5 1 7
14. Additional roles of the sons’ wives 30 10 9 49
15. The life of the sons’ wives on the ark 14 5 5 24
16. Grand/children 13 5 3 21
17. Additional roles of the children 2 0 1 3
18. “Crime” and/or “Criminals” 13 47 26 86
19. Noah’s neighbors/townsfolk 8 52 24 84
20. Other human actors 16 13 18 47
21. The suffering of humanity during the destruction 21 27 8 56
22. The/A dove out of context 13 0 3 16
23. Sea and other water dwelling creatures 39 0 2 41
24. The animals help build the ark 12 0 3 15
25. The suffering of animals during the destruction 13 5 2 20
26. The life of the animals on the ark 30 14 26 70
27. Fictional animals or beings 9 6 9 24
28. Talking animals 1 20 4 25
29. Actor in a framing narrative narrating the flood story 0 20 0 20
