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At-ach-u-chu was said to have moved on after a few years, traveling to the
west. A curious variation of this folk memory from Nazca, site of the great lines
and effigies seen properly only from altitude, has him rising into the air and flying
toward the setting sun. Other than this last suggestion of prehistoric aviation,
At-ach-u-chu’s resemblance to similarly fair-faced culture-bearers appearing
after a great natural disaster in the Atlantic Ocean are common throughout the
Americas, from the Menomonie Indians of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, to the
Aztecs’ Quetzalcoatl and the Mayas’ Kukulcan. These related founding heroes
from over the sea apparently represent the impact native peoples experienced
from the large-scale arrival of Atlantis refugees.
The South American At-ach-u-chu bears a striking resemblance to Atcha,
remembered by the ancient Egyptians as a far-off, splendid, but vanished city echo-
ing lost Atlantis. Here At-ach-u-chu could mean “The Man from Atcha (Atlantis).”Ataentsik
The ancestor-hero of the Algonquian Passamaquoddy Indians, Ataentsik
arrived on the eastern shores of Turtle Island (North America) from “the first
island in the sea.” His name, function as a founding father, and origin define him
as an Atlantean visitor. Among the Hurons, however, Ataensik is the name of
“Sky Woman,” who, perishing, gave life to all creatures.Atagi
Members of a tiny group of highly select and enigmatic Shinto priests, said to
preserve the most deeply ancient wisdom from Japanese prehistory, as embodied
in their ceremonial robes, which are primitively cut to deliberately suggest pro-
found age. Their arcane rituals open with the members of the priesthood blowing
conch-shell trumpets, the only such example in all Japan. The Atagi philological
resemblance to “Atlantis,” their emphasis on the great antiquity of their cult, and
its unique sea-oriented symbolism bespeak the continuing survival of early
Atlantean religious influences in Japan.Atago
A hill lying at the center of Tokyo is described in myth as the place where the
gods brought civilization to Japan.
(See Atagi, Atami)Ataka
Described in the Harris Papyrus, a 133-foot long document dated April 14
(Epiphi 6), circa 1180 B.C., summarizing in detail the political, cultural, religious,
and military accomplishments of Ramses III, Pharaoh of the XX Dynasty, who