Noah and the Flood are mentioned in many apocryphal books and traditions: And in this article some of the statements are collected. It is not maintained, of course that apocryphal works are inspired, as Scripture is. But they may well contain valid traditions. For instance, the tradition, mentioned here, that it was very cold in the Ark, may provide a clue to the connection, so much debated by Creationists between the Flood and the ice age. At the least these excerpts may be of interest in showing what devout men were thinking about these matters a long time ago.