During this time, the other gods were unsure of what to do. They called rain and storms to quench the flames, desperate to prevent the fire from killing all life on the planet again.

But rain and storms were not sufficient. Plants, animals, villages, and entire forests were swallowed by the mighty blazes. The fires continued to rage out of control until, finally, one goddess decided that, if nothing else could be saved, she would solve their problem even at a great cost.

Nuwa sympathized with Tsetse's efforts. She felt great regret that Tsetse's best intentions had led to such ruin. But Nuwa, being pragmatic, was determined to save as much life as she could. She began to push and pull the water of the oceans and seas around the planet, hoping to use the vast amount to quench the flames. But she could not control such a quantity by herself. In desperation, she looked for another source of energy that she could use to move the water. She knew that she could not use the energy from the Sun. The energy it gave off was too volatile and hot to control. She would end up vaporizing the oceans before she could get a handle on everything.

So, in the end, Nuwa decided to use the weaker energy given off by the Moon. Rising high into the sky, she pulled the Moon towards the Earth and discovered that its mere presence began to move the water. With the Moon's assistance, Nuwa finally pulled all the water together and sent it across the blazing Earth in one ginormous wave.

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Finally, Tsetse's fires were quenched. But, as Nuwa knew would happen, most life on the land was swept away in her mighty flood.

The gods were saddened. Over time, they knew that they could work to bring back most of the life that had been swept from the surface of the planet, but humanity, being such a unique creation of Ra and Ymir, would be lost to them forever.

But, to their surprise, they found that not all of humanity was gone. The cleverest among the humans had fashioned rafts and boats, staying just above the floodwaters until gravity had pulled it all back to its proper place. The gods were delighted to see that humanity had not vanished from the Earth. They quickly worked to restore the rest of the planet with plants and animals, and, over time, the Earth gradually came back to life.

Spring had come.

Wise Prometheus, however, knew that Winter would come again. And so, he spent time learning to control fire, and, once he had learned its secrets, he taught humanity how to carefully use its power without risk of the same disaster happening again. Fortunately, the humans that remained after the Great Flood were the smartest among their species, wily and intelligent enough to craft the vessels that had carried them to safety. With mastery of fire, these humans prospered. They grew and spread across the globe once again, rapidly advancing in intellect and technology until our time today...