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Pelasgians, or Pelasgi
In Greek tradition, a “sea people” who entered the Peloponnesus and the
islands of the Eastern Mediterranean about four thousand years ago. They were
the forefathers of the Achaean or Bronze Age inhabitants of Greece, named after
their leader, Pelasgus, remembered as the First Man. A third-century B.C. vase
painting portrays him emerging from the jaws of a serpent, while the goddess
Athena stands ready to welcome him. In Aztec sacred art, Mesoamerica’s white-
skinned culture-bearer, Quetzalcoatl, the “Feathered Serpent,” identically appears
out of a snake’s mouth. In both instances, the serpent signified their hero’s arrival
by sea. Pelasgus was believed to have been born between the fangs of Ophion, a
primeval, metaphorical snake personifying the undulating ocean. Athena’s presence
in the vase painting signifies the destiny of Pelasgus as the first civilizer of Greece.
Notable mariners, the Pelasgians came from the Far West, where they con-
quered Western and Northern Europe, just as Plato’s Atlanteans were said to
have done, previous to their arrival in the Eastern Mediterranean. The pre-Greek
“Linear A” written language of ancient Crete and the enigmatic Phaistos Disk are
attributed to the Pelasgians. The disk is a baked clay plate found at the Cretan city
of Phaistos, inscribed in a spiral pattern on both sides with unknown hieroglyphs.
According to the first-century B.C. Greek geographer Diodorus Siculus, writing
was introduced by the Pelasgians, and the mathematical genius Pythagoras was
supposed to have been directly descended from them.
Waves of immigrants from Atlantis who entered the eastern Mediterranean
during the geologic upheavals of the late third millennium B.C. were referred to
by the Greeks as “Pelasgians.”Pelota
A Basque ball game virtually identical to a Maya version, and cited by various
Atlantologists (Muck, von Salomon, and others) to establish a cultural correspon-
dence with Atlantis. Both Basque and Maya oral traditions are rich in references
to the lost civilization.
(See Basque)Peng Sha
In Chinese myth, a large and resplendent island kingdom in the East, far over
the sea, where spiritual powers reached their fulfillment. Among the adepts were
sorcerers who mastered human levitation. Peng Sha was sometimes identified
with the original homeland of Kuan-Yin Mu.
(See Mu, Mu Chord)