This article is a discussion, from a Hebrew-Christian perspective, on the Hindu flood story in which Matsya (a fish avatar) rescues Manu and earthly existence from a great deluge. Manu in Hinduism refers to the archetypal man, or to the first man. The early followers of Jesus (Yehoshua) may have believed that Jesus (Yehoshua) was a reincarnation of the Primal Adam (the first man).