In the Indian tradition, a detailed account of the Deluge appears first in the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa and is repeated later in the Matśyapurāṇa. Viṣṇu appears as a fish to Manu, son of Vivasvat (Sun) and warns him about the impending deluge. Manu builds a boat and boards it with the seven ancestral seers and the Vedas. Viṣṇu in the form of ‘Jhaṣa’, a cosmic fish, guides the boat through the infinite dark and swirling waters of destruction to land Manu safely on top of a mountain called Malaya. Manu’s children come to be known as ‘Men’ (Mānava) and the people the earth. Manu becomes the progenitor
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