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described in Tibetan tradition as culture-bearers from the sunken Pacific lands
of Mu. This identification is reinforced by the names of islands where the Redin
erected monumental structures, including stone mounds (hawitti), pyramids, and
baths: Ra-sgeti-Mu, Laamu, Utimu, Timu and Utimu—all variations of the lost
homeland.
(See Mu)Revolving Castle
A Celtic memory of Atlantis, in which “revolving” is a mythic elaboration of
“circular,” referring to the city’s concentric layout. The Brythonic otherworld,
Annwn, with its distinctly Atlantean features, was Caer Sidi, a “revolving castle”
surrounded by the sea. The Old Irish Catair Cu Roi, was a “revolving fort,” where
the first heroes of Ulster competed for the rank of champion.R’lyeh
In H.P. Lovecraft’s 1926 short story, “The Call of Cthulhu,” a huge stone city
built during the deeply ancient past, but since sunk beneath the Pacific Ocean
following a natural catastrophe that affected much of the world. R’lyeh was based
at least in part on accounts of Mu, then being popularized by James Churchward.Rock Lake
A small body of
water in southern
Wisconsin, located
between Milwaukee
and the state capitol,
Madison. Rock Lake
is notable for the
sunken stone struc-
tures it contains—
pyramidal burial
mounds of men who
worked the copper
mines of Michigan’s
Upper Peninsula
from 3000 B.C. to
1200 B.C. The mines
were excavated and operated by engineers from Atlantis, so at least some of the
underwater tombs probably contain the remains of Atlantean workers.The underwater Delta formation, possibly a harbor facility for Atlantean ore
ships, in Wisconsin’s Rock Lake is clearly visible from 3,000 feet. Photograph
by Steven Dempsey.