ATLANTIS The Cradle of Mankind

Did Atlantis have a greater influence on our thought and knowledge today as we assume? This
question is subject to speculations. But one thing is for sure: many myths, legends, cults,
languages and buildings on our planet bear too much resemblance to each other to be a result
of mere chance. Were the people of former cultures in contact with each other? Or did a few
thousand people flee from a particular place on this earth and thereby introduced their
knowledge to the circle of history?

In Central America, Europe and North Africa, the sun cult of antiquity was a widespread believe. But why
did the people of this geographic triangle have the same cult? Will we find the answer in the centre of
this triangle in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean where Atlantis was once located?
Like a magic bond, the enormous pyramids of the world, oldest testimony of mankind, are lined up
following the 30th degree of latitude. According to Plato, Atlantis was also situated there. Is this the
origin of the pyramids?
It was before ca. 3500 BC that the Maya, Chaldeans and Egyptians launched their calendar systems.
Mere chance? Or did these two cultures thereby intend to introduce a new era that was supposed to
commence in a new world after the doom of Atlantis? If so, remember that Atlantis did not not sink 12
000 but 5 500 years ago.
In order to have Atlantis be the cradle of mankind some daring and fantastic theories need to be
adduced:

Despite these daredevil assumptions we will never really know whether Atlantis was just an ideal
state in Platos imagination, for Plato was both a philosopher and a politician. Nonetheless, I
would like to offer a short synopsis of history in order to enable the reader to picture for himself
what happened at that time, dating back to 3000 BC.

50 000 BC Earlier Palaeolithic Age

The Wrm Ice Age has its heyday, the climatic conditions are misanthropic. Early groups of Homo
sapiens (Cro Magnon, Grimaldi, Chancelade, Oberkassel, Predmost, Lautsch, Brnn). Cave painting is
at its height. Homo sapiens proceeds north starting in the Near East. Around 30 000 BC, settlement of
America via the Behring Sea. Around 12 000 BC, cave painting in Brasilia.
Religion:
Magic rituals in the field of hunting, magic, believe in a fertility goddess (Magna Mater). First funerals
with burial objects. Magicians are important (according to cave illustrations). Development of art
(sculptures of bones and ivory, some of them engraved) out of magic hunt rituals.
Economy:
Tools like hand-axes, blades, points and gimlets are made of stone and bones. People at that time are
hunters and collectors, they live in hordes and occupy huts, caves and tents.
10 000 BC Mesolithic Age
First stages of culture in Mesopotamia (Natufian and Jericho culture), Egypt and South Europe. Around
8000 BC also in Central Europe. Settlement in Europe mostly concerns coastal areas but also streams,
rivers and lakes. Living conditions are improved due to a climatic change after the Ice Age. Spread of
oak, birch and willow in the woods. Beginning of settledness of people in America. Domestication of
dogs in America and Europe.
Religion:
Transition from the religion of the Palaeolithic Age to the religion of the Mesolithic Age.
Economy:
People at that time are predominantly hunters, fishermen and collectors. Due to food shortage they form
only small groups and often change their whereabouts. Beginning of flint knapping (microliths small
points and blades), invention of flint-made axe and sickle. Trade and commerce flourish due to fixed
reserves, first appearance of boats and skid sledges. Domestication of dogs and some species of
plants. At the end of the Mesolithic Age beginning of farming and pottery. First brick buildings in Jericho.
5000 BC Neolithic Age
The megalith culture covers the western part of Europe and is strongly influenced by the North African
culture. Characteristic of the megalith culture are domed tombs, stone alleys and stone circles as for
example in Stonehenge. Later, the Bell Breaker culture spreads from Spain to both Western and Central
Europe. First stages of cultures that can be regarded as High Cultures appear in Asia Minor. The Funnel
Beaker culture emerges in North Europe, its origin is unknown. It is assumed that the culture originates
from the east. General cultures in the European and Asian area with farming and pottery as common
practice. Farming finally became established in both Central and South America.

Religion:
Ancestor worship, fertility cult and worshipping of thunder gods. Later, priesthood emerges and gains
ground. Kings are worshipped as gods, emergence of general gods embodying the sun, moon, sea or
earth.
Economy:
Farming and stock breeding become an important part of everyday life. Invention of artificial irrigation.
Division of labour facilitates social life. Both commodities and trading channels become expanded.
3000 BC (beginning of todays historiography)
Inundations or some global catastrophes affect the Near East. Even the Bible and the Epic of
Gilgamesh include information on that topic.
Many legends concerned with inundations and the end of the world show a repetition of certain
syllables or wordings. The syllables in question are Ad, Atl, At, Ar, Azt, etc. These
syllables and words do not refer to objects or similar items but to countries, pieces of land,
creators and paradises that do no longer exist. But where is the connection? Are these syllables
the origin of civilization? Did man use such legends to save the memory of Atlantis? In any case,
ATLANTIS is the Greek word for the lost continent.

The voyages of Saint Brendan (picture 17th

century) are part of the Celtic mythology. His
legendary adventures mention a wonderful
paradise west of North Europe which was
called Islands of the Blessed. Obviously,
these islands have been put west of North
Africa, and an additional island is located north
of North Africa. Could this paradise be the
legendary Celtic Avalon?

It should also be pointed out that our Biblic forefather AD-AM, first man on earth, is actually
nothing more than the Hebrew translation of earth or soil, and Eve is the translation of life.

The table below offers a brief survey of Ad..., Atl..., At... . This is just an excerpt. There is no
linguistic evidence for these comparisons and it might prove nothing but fiction but it really
surprised me.
According to the records of North African tribes, the archipelago west of the Atlantic Ocean is called
Atarantes or Atlantioi
Aztlan was the name of the primeval AZTECAN home and it was situated east of the Atlantic Ocean.
Avalon was the earthly paradise of the Celts, Welshmen and Anglo-Saxons (legends of Arthur).
According to the Koran, Ad was a city Noah warned of the Flood.
Atlaua: powerful water god of the Central American Indians. He is also called master of the water.
Additionally, this god represents rebirth.
Attala is a dried up ocean and Atlas means the mountains in North Africa.
In the language of the Aztecs (America) and of the Berber (North Africa) Atl means water. A remider of
the Flood?
Athena is the Greek goddess that gave man knowledge of all things as well as the alphabet.
The ancient Egypts regarded Atum as the personification of the primeval chaos that brought forth
everything.
Audumla is the Teuton primeval cow everything originated from after fire and ice came together.
Atalya is the name of very old caves on the Caribbean islands (assumed mountain tops of Atlantis)
Atargatis is the Syrian earth (embodied as a goddess) that is the origin of water and all life.
The Azores, situated in the centre of the Atlantic Ocean.
Asgard was the abode of the gods worshipped by the Wikings.
Ararat is the name of the mountain Noah was shipwrecked on after the Flood. Was this a reminder of
Atlas, the highest mountain on the island of Atlantis?
Aaru, Aalu or Armenti was the name of the Egyptian land of the Sacred.
Aralu was the Babylonian underworld in the centre of the world.
Remember that this list is just an excerpt. The similarities could mean that there was an empire
known as Atlantis or carrying a similar name. Assuming that such an empire existed should it
not be recorded in myths and legends? This is exactly what happened: glorious lands and
paradises are mentioned in the Bible, in the Koran, in records of the Maya, Aztecs, Babylonians
and even the Celts and Wikings had known such a land. Did these people pass on and thus
maintain in their ancient legends of paradises and inundations the memory of this land and the
devastating catastrophe?

If we have a look at the languages on earth we will discover that some of them sound very
similar, especially if on distant continents. Relating these languages to Atlantis leads to a single
assumption was there a primeval language? And was this the Atlantean language?
Nowadays, linguists still discuss the topic of our primeval language and do not seem to find a
definite answer. But let us have a look at some similarities:
Aztecan

Ancient Greek

Maya

Tlaloc (water god)

Thallasa (water)

Thallac (not solid)

Aztecan

Berber-language

atl (water)

atl (water)

American indian

Indian

Manitou (the great spirit)

Manu (the great spirit)

Aztecan

Greek

teo oder theul (God)

theos (God)

Delaware indian

Greek

Brazil. Indian

potomac (river)

potamus (river)

poti (river)

oika (Home)

oka (Home)

Ketschua

Ancient egypt

andi (high mountain)

anti (high ridge)

These similarities could be claimed to be subject to onomatopoeia, but the words listed above
all relate to Atlantis - water stands for destruction and life, god means salvation and so forth.
The respective words for father are another example for a similar sound in many language
communities on earth:
Basque

aita

Ketschua

taita

Turkish

ata

Dakota (Sioux)

atey

Nahuatl (Aztecan)

tata

Seminole

intati

Zuni

tat'chu

Maltese

tata

Tagalog

tatay

Welsh

tad

Romanian

tata

Singhalesian

thatha

Fidschi

tata

Samoan

tata

All these similarities could mean that a global contact existed between people in ancient times.
This assumption is supported by the following illustrations of sun boats from Egypt, Sumer,
California, Spain and Sweden.

Moreover, there is a striking similarity between the Welsh language (England) and the language
of the Wandan Indians (America)
WALISISCH

WANDAN

boat

corwyg

koorig

paddle

rhyyf (ree)

ree

old

hen

her

blue

glas

glas

bread

barra

bara

partridge

chugjar

chuga

head

pen

pan

big

mawr

mah

But which language did the Atlanteans speak? We will never know. Also, we will never get the
answer to the question why the Basque language (South Western Europe) is unique. It bears a
certain resemblance to languages of American Indians but is different from Indogermanic
languages. Taking into account the location of the Basque region, the language might be
assumed a remnant of the Atlantean language.