H: Haiyococab to Hyne 137
by a late 15th-century example of
Mexican featherwork in a similar,
swastika-like design (with reversed
orientation, however) belonging to a
transparently Atlantean figure in
Mesoamerican myth, Chalchiuhtlicue;
“Our Lady of the Turquoise Skirt”
was the Aztec goddess of death at sea.
Hopi sand paintings, spiritual devices
for the removal of illness, are often
formed into swastikas, with the patient
made to sit at its center.
In the bottom-left corner of the
square outline of the Hemet Maze
Stone is a simple, much smaller, re-
versed, or right-oriented hooked
cross, known in Buddhism as the
sauvastika. Both swastikas and
sauvastikas are common images
throughout Asia, where they denote
Buddha’s right and left foot, respec-
tively, and refer to his missionary
travels throughout the world. As such, the Buddhist swastika-sauvastika and
California petroglyph appear to share a parallel symbolism which both Asians and
ancient Americans may have received independently from a common source. James
Churchward, a 20th-century authority on Mu, stated that the swastika was the
Pacific civilization’s foremost emblem. He referred to it as “the key of universal
movement,” a characterization complimenting both Hopi and Buddhist symbolism.
(See Chalchiuhtlicue, Churchward)
Hennig, Richard
A notable historian who, in 1925, persuasively argued for a historical Atlantean
presence in the region of Spanish Cadiz, scene of the ancient Iberian city of
Tartessos. Although he erred in identifying Tartessos with Atlantis itself, Hennig
demonstrated that the Atlantean kingdom of Gadeiros held sway over Atlantic
Spain during pre-Classical times. Unfortunately, his work has never been fully
translated into other languages; hence, his important contribution to Atlantology
is little-known outside Germany.
(See Gadeiros, Ellen Whishaw)
Heroic Age
In his Works and Days, Hesiod describes five ages of mankind prior to his time
(circa 700 B.C.) at the beginning of classical times. These were the ages of Gold,
William Donato at California’s Hemet Maze Stone.