The drama of Noah was used prior to that of Hiram? Explain when and why and why the change

The Noah narrative appears in early eighteenth-century Masonic records, notably preserved in the Graham Manuscript of 1726, prior to the widespread emergence of the Hiramic legend in published exposures and rituals around 1730, as a paper read before Quatuor Coronati Lodge records. In this early legend, Noah's three sons attempt to disinter or raise his body to retrieve a lost secret, sharing the core theme of attempting to recover a secret from a deceased body that later characterized the Hiramic narrative, as a paper read before Quatuor Coronati Lodge explains.

This Noachide tradition held a central place in early Grand Lodge history. James Anderson's 1723 and 1738 Constitutions explicitly reference Noah, his sons, and the "Noachidae" as preservers of ancient knowledge and sciences, demonstrating how prominent the concept was in early speculative thought, as an article on Quatuor Coronati Lodge's website notes.

The transition from the narrative of Noah to that of Hiram Abif occurred because the Hiramic story fitted the architectural setting of Solomon's Temple and aligned more logically with the ritual's substituted secrets and the Builder motif, as a paper read before Quatuor Coronati Lodge observes.