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Tir-nan-Og
The Celtic “Island of Youth,” a tradition adopted from pre-Celtic Irish in-
habitants and associated with Atlantean invaders of Ireland, the Tuatha da
Danann. Its philological correspondence to Homer’s Ogygia, the biblical Og,
the Greeks’ Ogygian Flood, and so on, are all transparent references to Atlantis—
an identification supported by Tir-nan-Og’s eventual demise beneath the sea.
In a Scottish version, Tir-nan-Og was sunk when a wicked servant girl, Bera, the
springtime-goddess, uncapped its sacred well. The widespread association of “og”
with an Atlantis-like catastrophe defines its impact on various peoples.
(See Ogma)Tistar
In the Iranian cosmogony, the Bundahis, an angel personifying Sirius, the Dog
Star, battles with the Devil for mastery of the world, shape-shifting from a man
and horse to a bull. In these guises, the angelic Tistar creates a month-long deluge,
from which the Evil One’s offspring seek refuge in caves. Although the rising
waters found them out and drowned them all, their combined venom was so great
that it made the ocean salty.
Tistar’s assumed forms suggest the conjunction of constellations at the time
of the Great Flood, which is clearly depicted as the result of a major celestial
disturbance.
(See Asteroid Theory)Tlaloc
The Aztec rain-god, portrayed in
temple art and illustrated books as
a bearded man supporting the cross
of the sky on his shoulders, like
the bearded Atlas. According to
chronologer, Neil Zimmerer, Tlaloc
was originally an Atlantean monarch
who improved mining conditions by
providing a fresh water system for
workers.Tlavatli
A popular 1920s novel about the survival of an Atlantis princess into then
modern times, by the German author, Otto Schultz.Like Atlas, the Aztec Tlaloc carries the cross of
the sky on his shoulders.