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Ea


In Sumerian mythology, he was the Lord of the Waters, the sea-god who pre-
sented the secrets of a high civilization to the early inhabitants of Mesopotamia
following a great flood. The Babylonians knew him as Oannes. Ea’s Atlantean
identity is confirmed by his portrayal on a cylinder seal in which he bids farewell to
a central, Atlas-like figure, probably Enlil.
In the Babylonian version of the Great Deluge, Ea warns Utnapishtim, the
flood hero, by telling him, “Oh, reed hut, reed hut! Oh, wall, wall! Oh, reed hut,
listen!”
In the North American Pima deluge story, the flood hero survived by enclos-
ing himself in a reed tube. The Navajo version recounts that the survivors made
their escape through a giant reed. Implications of these folk memories on behalf
of the Atlantean catastrophe are unmistakable.

Ehecatl


In the Aztec calendar, the second “Sun,” or World Age, was terminated by a
global disaster, 4-Ehecatl, or “Windstorm,” possibly a characterization of air blasts
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