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unimaginable, lost technology was used by the Ancient Peruvians. Their
Atlantean identity in the Ayar-aucca is underscored by Sacsahuaman’s uncanny
resemblance to an underwater site in the Bahamas, a suspected outpost of
Atlantis.
(See Ayar-aucca, Bimini Road)The Saga of Ninurta
A Sumerian epic describing the destruction of Atlantis: “From the mountain
[Mount Atlas] there went forth the pernicious tooth [eruption] scurrying, and at
his [Ninurta’s] side the gods of his city cowered on the Earth.”Sagara
In Japanese myth, a dragon-god of an undersea kingdom and possessor of a
magical sword and a “pearl” able to cause catastrophic floods. Sagara appears to
reference the sunken civilization of Mu.
(See Kusanagi)Saka-duipa
Cited in the Sanskrit Suria Adanta as pre-deluge Atlantis, home of the sun-
worshiping Megas, Atlantean priests or adepts who carried the esoteric principles
and “magic” of their solar cult to India and other parts of the world.Salinen Deluge Story
According to this California tribe, humanity perished in a world flood. Only
a single diving bird survived. It dove to the bottom of the ocean and fetched up
a beak-full of muck from the bottom of the sea. Seeing this performance, Eagle
God descended from the sky to fashion a new race from the retrieved mud.
The Salinen myth describes the rebirth of mankind after its near-extinction in
the Late Bronze Age catastrophe that destroyed Atlantis.Samatumi-whooah
The Okanagons of British Columbia taught that their ancestors came from
Samatumi-whooah, literally “White Man’s Island,” which sank in the midst of
evil wars, drowning all its inhabitants, save a man and his woman. The Maryland
Indians claimed that the whites were an ancient generation who, perishing in a
great deluge, were reborn and had returned to claim their former holdings in
America. Both traditions are tribal memories of the Atlantean war and flood
described by Plato, with the addition of survivors arriving in the New World.