Atlantis Encyclopedia

313 Pages·2008·4.07 MB·English

by  Frank Joseph

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Joseph, Frank.
The Atlantis encyclopedia / by Frank Joseph ; foreword by Brad Steiger.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-56414-795-9
1. Atlantis--Encyclopedias. I. Title.
GN751.J675 2005
001.94--dc22
2004059279
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To William A. Donato,
the foremost explorer of Poseidia.
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Contents
Foreword by Brad Steiger..................................................7
Introduction: A Lost Civilization.......................................9
A: Aalu to Aztlan...............................................................11
B: Bacab to Byamspa ........................................................64
C: Caer Feddwid to Cuchavira..........................................80
D: Dardanus to Dzilke.......................................................93
E: Ea to Exiles of Time....................................................104
F: Falias to Fu Sang Mu..................................................113
G: Gadeiros to Gwyddno ................................................119
H: Haiyococab to Hyne ...................................................133
I: Iamblichos to Izanagi and Izanami.............................143
J: Jacolliot to Jubmel........................................................150
K: Ka’ahupahau to Kuskurza..........................................154
L: Ladon to Lyonesse ......................................................163
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M: Macusis to Mu-yu-Moqo............................................174
N: Naacals to Nyoe..........................................................195
O: Oak to Ova-herero......................................................208
P: Pacata-Mu to Pur-Un-Runa .......................................216
Q: Qamate to Quikinna’qu .............................................233
R: Ragnarok to Ruty ........................................................236
S: Sacsahuaman to Szeu-Kha.........................................243
T: Tahiti to Tyche.............................................................260
U: Ualuvu levu to Uxmal.................................................277
V: Vediouis to Vue...........................................................282
W: Wai-ta-hanui to Wotan..............................................287
X: Xelhua to Xochiquetzal ..............................................295
Y: Yamquisapa to Yurlunggur.........................................298
Z: Zac-Mu-until to Zuni Deluge Story............................302
Afterword by Professor Nobuhiro Yoshida.................305
Bibliography....................................................................307
About the Author...........................................................312
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Foreword
By Brad Steiger
I must confess that the first thing I did when I received a manuscript copy of
Frank Joseph’s The Atlantis Encyclopedia was to check for myself just how thorough
the text really was. I started with Viracocha, the early Inca culture-hero, who has
fascinated me since our trip to Peru, where I stood at his legendary tomb site at
Machu Picchu. I thought it unlikely that many researchers would associate Viracocha’s
“rising” from the great depths of Lake Titicaca with his possible arrival from Atlantis
after the deluge, but there he was. Score one for Joseph.
Next, I tried an even more obscure reference—Balor, the king of the giant Sea
People in Irish folklore. Another hit for Joseph. And so it went with name after name,
geographical location after geographical location, until I put the manuscript aside and
agreed that there was no single reference work on Atlantis quite as complete as this
unique work. The vast majority of the thousands of books and magazine articles pub-
lished about the lost civilization of Atlantis present a particular researcher’s pet theory
about where the place was; whether it was really a continent, an island, or a metropolis;
and where we might find bits and pieces of the vanished world to prove the validity of
the author’s hypothesis.
The Atlantis Encyclopedia is by no means the first book Joseph has written about
this perennial subject. His Edgar Cayce’s Atlantis and Lemuria (A.R.E. Press, 2001)
showed that the Sleeping Prophet was uncanny in his correct description of these
antediluvian civilizations, and Cayce reappears in this latest effort with his intriguing
predictions for their future discovery. But The Atlantis Encyclopedia is unique because
it is the largest and most comprehensive of its kind; the author was about its research
for nearly a quarter of a century.
In my own Atlantis Rising, first published in 1973, I examined and reevaluated the
evidence for what I considered the eight most prevalent theories of what the “lost
continent” was or what it represented, from ancient terrestrial sea-kings, to ancient
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extraterrestrial colonizers. But in this extensive encyclopedia, Joseph has no particular
axe to grind or theory to postulate. These are the facts, figures, fauna, flora, figments,
and fantasies that surround the mystery of Atlantis. Although I have written books
on many different subjects since Atlantis Rising, researching the true origins of
humankind’s sojourn on this planet remains one of my greatest passions in terms of
personal research.
While I am fascinated by our plans to explore outer space—and I do support such
efforts—I truly believe that it remains one of our greatest responsibilities, as a species,
to discover who we truly are, before we begin our trek to the stars. I very much believe,
as I titled a subsequent book on the mysteries of humankind’s vast antiquity, that there
have been “worlds before our own” on this planet.
Yes, once the subject of Atlantis and lost civilizations seizes your imagination and
invades your dreams, you will find that you, too, must join the search for establishing
the reality of what the great majority of your peers will consider nonsense. But read
this impressive work by Frank Joseph, and you will discover for yourself that Atlantis is
far more than a metaphor for humankind’s brief glory before the dust. The subject of
Atlantis can really get a hold on you. After all, Frank was kind enough to share with me
that it was my Atlantis Rising that whetted his own appetite for the quest. Now make it
your own in The Atlantis Encyclopedia!
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Introduction:
A Lost Civilization
The Atlantis Encyclopedia is a result of more than two decades of continuous study
and international travel. It began in 1980, when I started picking up clues to the lost
civilization in locations from the ruins of Troy and Egypt’s desert pyramids, to Morocco’s
underground shrine and Britain’s Stonehenge, beyond to the mountaintop city of Peru
and a ceremonial center in the jungles of Guatemala. My quest took me to Polynesia’s
cannibal temple, the seldom seen solar monuments of Japan’s remote forests, and the
golden pillar of Thailand. I sought out credible proof in my own country, traveling from
coast to coast, finding telltale evidence—among the world’s most northerly pyramids,
in Wisconsin; at Ohio’s Great Serpent Mound; and in the ruins of North America’s
oldest city, in Louisiana. I participated in diving expeditions to the Bahamas, Yucatan,
the Canary Islands, the Aegean Sea, and the Pacific Ocean. Decades of these on-site
explorations was combined with research in the libraries of the world and the shared
wisdom of devoted colleagues to produce this unique volume.
Of the estimated 2,500 books and magazine articles published about the lost civili-
zation, The Atlantis Encyclopedia is the only one of its kind. It is an attempt to bring
together all the known details of this immense, continually fascinating subject, as well
as to provide succinct definitions and clear explanations. It is a handbook of Atlantean
information for general readers and specialists alike. Everything one wants to know
about Atlantis is here in short form. It is a source for students of archaeology, myth,
and prehistory.
Unlike most other books on the subject, The Atlantis Encyclopedia offers fewer
theories and more facts. Areas of interest include geology, astronomy, and oceanogra-
phy, but with strong emphasis on the folk traditions of numerous peoples around the
world who preserved memories of a great flood that destroyed an ancestral island of
memorial splendor. These elements have never been presented together before in a
single volume. In so doing, the common threads that weave European and Near Eastern
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