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Shoshone Deluge Story
In the Great Flood that drowned the world, the ancestors of this North American
tribe found refuge in an enormous cave called the Sipapu. After the Deluge abated,
they emerged to regenerate mankind. Today, the Sipapu is the Shoshone “Navel
of the World,” a hole at the center of their sacred precinct, the kiva, and the most
important feature of their religion. The Navel of the World, with its cavernous
ceremonies, was the primeval mystery cult of Atlantis.
(See Navel of the World)Shu
The Egyptian Atlas, he was portrayed in temple art as a bearded man support-
ing the heavens while guarding the Four Pillars of the Sky. These were comparable
to the Pillars of Heracles, or the Strait of Gibraltar, which defined the Mediterranean
limits of Atlantean influence, and a concept that placed Shu at the center of the
world. In ancient Egypt, obelisks were known as “Pillars of Shu.” As Atlas meant
“the Upholder,” so Shu was known as “He Who Holds Up.” He shared the title,
“God of the Air,” with Ehecatl, his Aztec counterpart. According to the renowned
Egyptologist Schwaller de Lubicz, Pharaonic prehistory was dominated by the
twins, Shu and Tefnut” (211).Sigu
The flood hero of Arawak myth, he saved all of Earth’s animals from a planet-
wide deluge by sealing them up in a huge cave. Sigu then climbed to the top of
the tallest tree at the center of the world. After the waters abated, he descended
and freed the animals. The same myth was known to the Mayas, who venerated
the Ceibra above all others, because it was the sole tree to have survived the
Flood at the center of the world. Repeatedly signified in both the Arawak and
Maya accounts is the Atlantean Navel of the World mystery cult, with its central
Tree of Life.
Interestingly, Sigu appears in the Melanasian rendition of the flood that de-
stroyed Lemuria. It recounts that he was a prince, who, together with his father,
the king, escaped the inundation of Burotu.
(See Burotu, Makonaima, Navel of the World)Sillapadakaram
A Tamil religious text that describes Kumari Nadu, also known as the Pandyan
Kingdom. Before it disappeared under the Indian Ocean during a natural catastro-
phe, the “Land of the Kumara” was the birthplace of Shiva-worship in pre-Hindu
times. A teacher, Agastyr, escaped to establish the cult in the south of India, where
he built an ashram in the Pothigai Hills, from which it spread throughout the