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the most insignificant things are made of silver and copper. In
the middle of the island stands a temple dedicated to the sun.
Around the building, there are statues of gold, which represent
giants. There are also trees made of gold and silver on the island,
and the statue of a prince covered entirely with gold dust.
Manoa’s resemblance to Plato’s opulent Atlantis, with its Titans and oceanic
location “on an island in a great salt lake” is apparent.Manu
India’s flood hero. In the Matsyu Purana, his version of the deluge features
a rain of burning coals. Warning Manu of the catastrophe to come, the god
Vishnu, in the guise of a fish, says, “the Earth shall become like ashes, the
aether too shall be scorched with heat.” Oppenheimer observes that “the details
suggest a grand disaster, such as may follow a meteorite strike.”
(See Asteroid Theory)Marae Renga
A homeland in the east from which the chief culture-bearer, Hotu Matua,
with his family and followers, arrived at Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, to replant
civilization there. Marae Renga was itself an island belonging to the larger king-
dom of Hiva, before it was sunk by the earthquake-god, Uwoke, with a “crowbar.”
(See Heva, Mu)Marerewana
The Arawak Indians’ foremost culture hero, who escaped the Deluge in a
“great canoe” with his followers. Spanish Conquistadors in the 16th century noted
occasional blondism, somewhat European facial features, and light eyes among
the Arawak—physical throw-backs to their ancient Atlantean genetic heritage.Marumda
Together with his brother, Kuksu, he virtually destroyed the world by fire
and flood, according to the Pomo Indians of Central America. The savior of
threatened humanity was the Earth-Mother goddess, Ragno.
Marumda combines a celestial cataclysm with the deluge common in Atlantean
traditions around the world.Masefield, John
Early 20th-century British poet laureate renowned for his innovative verse. In
his 1912 “Story of a Roundhouse,” he told how “the courts of old Atlantis rose.”