W: Wai-ta-hanui to Wotan 291
still revered by Ho Chunk and other tribal peoples as Wakt’cexi, a horn-headed giant
who saved their ancestors from the Great Flood. Resemblance between these two
effigies is unique,in the world, and demands comparison. Under the Atlantic Ocean
that separates them lies their common source: the sunken civilization of Atlantis,
from which survivors spread in both directions, leaving the same image in England
and America, where folk memory still tells of survivors from a catastrophic deluge.
(See Cerne-Abbas Giant, Man Mounds, Uffington Horse, Wolf Clan)Wintun Deluge Story
This native California tribe told how a shaman stole the magic flute of
Katkochila, the sky-god. With this instrument, he could make his people the most
powerful in the whole world. Katkochila, in a rage, showered the Earth with fire
from heaven, but doused the conflagration before humanity was utterly exterminated.
(See Asteroid Theory)Wisaka
The first ancestor of the Sac and Fox Indians, who so offended a pair of powerful
Manitous, or great spirits, they set the whole world on fire. But Wisaka escaped by
finding refuge atop a mountain. Still intent on destroying him, the Manitous drowned
the Earth in a universal flood. Once again, Wisaka survived, this time in “a big canoe.”
(See Asteroid Theory)Whishaw, Ellen
U.S.-born director of Spain’s prestigious Anglo-Spanish-American School of
Archaeology during the post-World War I era. Whishaw was widely respected by
her peers as one of the outstanding archaeologists of her time until she went public
with the results of her findings after extensive excavation of a pre-classical site
near the Andalusian town of Niebla. She declared that the evidence clearly defined
an important cultural impact made there by civilizers from Atlantis, who established
a rich colony in southern Spain.
(See Gadeiros)Witana
A Lemurian monarch who developed mining and the damming of rivers,
according to chronologist Neil Zimmerer.Wiyot Deluge Story
A California tribal account of the creator, Gudatri-Gakwitl (“Above-Old-
Man”), who sent a worldwide flood to extinguish mankind and most animals.