Likewise, in the legend of
the Snohomish, the ‘trees’ contained the knowledge, and allowed “access
into the Heavenly World” without any help (this in fact was ‘forbidden’
to them). At some point, however, something happened which, by the will
of men, caused a fracture between the two ‘worlds’, and the heavenly one
was pushed away. Maybe a rebellion dictated by fear? Of course it is
difficult to give a plausible explanation, but the links between two
people so diverse and so far away in space cannot be ignored, or worse,
labelled as another “coincidence”.
In the Acoma’s legend the birth of
man (two females) happened underground. We may have a reference to
genetic experiments which are said to occur in subterranean laboratories
in many parts of the world still today. The more so, at the dawn of the
Earth, when its surface was covered by water and not suitable for life,
it’s only logical that visitors from outer space chose the myriads of
underground caves and natural tunnels present on this planet as base for
their operations. Still today, under the American soil, there is
evidence of the existence of secret bases going deep down into the crust
for miles (The Nevada Test Site complex, for instance, or the Dulce
Base in New Mexico, or the Los Alamos Laboratories).
How old
these caves really are? Were they equipped for genetic experimentation
since the time of the ‘gods’? And what are they used for, today?
When
at last the “Spirit” Tsitctinako allows the two females to go up on the
surface, it orders them (still without making himself visible, so
perhaps it was a telepathic way of communication) to thank the Sun
facing due East, for bringing both of them “to light”. The prayer could
have been directed toward the place where it all began, that is, a
planet which stood East at the time (Nibiru?)
If we consider that the
two females were already alive underground (where the Sun doesn’t
shine), the answer can only be that they were asked to revere a planet,
the indirect “Father” responsible for their creation.
Therefore, when
the two females ask Tsitctinako where their father was, he doesn’t say
“it’s the Sun”, providing instead precise coordinates:“four skies
above”. If by “skies” he intended planets, constellations, galaxies, or
dimensions, we cannot say. What is crystal clear, to us, is that the
“father” was not the Sun.
Other legends shift the perspective,
demonstrating how it didn't all begin down here on earth, after all, but
rather, up 'above':
"...In the beginning...water covered
everything. Though living creatures existed, their home was up there,
above the rainbow, and it was crowded...there is still another world
under the one we live on. You can reach it by going down a spring, a
water hole; but you need underworld people to be your scouts and guide
you. The world under our earth is exactly like ours..." [Cherokee]
"...Before
the present world was formed, there existed another with a sky of old
sandstone rock. Two gods, Thunder and Nagaicho...next, the gods created
people...however...the gods' creation did not last...The oceans flowed
together and joined...The earth dragon then walked down from the
north...with the god Nagaicho riding on its head. As the dragon walked
along beneath the ocean, its glances and movements caused a coastal
ridge, an island..."[Tribes of the coast of California]
"...Once
upon a time a part of the Osage tribe lived in the sky. They desired to
know the source from which they came into existence. They went to the
sun...They wandered farther and came to
the moon; she told
them...that they must leave their present abode and go down to the earth
and dwell there. And mankind came to the earth, but found it covered
with water. The people could not return to the place they had left and
so they wept...They floated about in the air seeking in every direction
for...some god; but they found none..." [Osage nation]
In the
Cherokee legend is told about the existence of living beings with
"their home...up there, above the rainbow...", that is, far off the
terrestrial soil, and that "...it was crowded...", which could account
for one of the reasons for these beings having visited earth in the
first place, with the intention to colonize a new vital space and solve
the overpopulation problems in their planet of origin.
In the same
token the legend speaks of a 'subterranean world' accessible only if
"...underworld people...be your scouts and guide you..." (the Jicarilla
people have the same legend). The 'heavenly visitors' knew, we believe,
the existence of this world, but for some reason they decided (or were
forced) to wait that the waters withdrew in part (they may even have
helped this natural cycle by utilizing their advanced technology to 'dry
out' some coastal areas), and then they settled the first colonies.
The
legend of the tribes of California tells us about two antediluvian
creators, who were forced to fall back because of a great catastrophe
whose magnitude destroyed "the gods' creation"; but then, in the middle
of the earth, they managed to erect a solid surface where to remain. The
reference of the East as the middle of the world coincides with
Sitchin's theories, which hold that the first landing of the Nephilims,
and thus their first colony, was in Asia Minor (Mesopotamia region).
The
Osage believe to be the direct offspring of like men who lived 'in the
sky'. These men were ordered to go down to earth, but they found it
covered with waters. "...The people could not return to the place they
had left..." could mean that they had the coordinates to arrive to this
planet, but didn't have the ones to go back to theirs; perhaps they were
exiled, or their planet's orbit had gone too far by the time they
wanted to return. "...They floated about in the air..." with their
spacecrafts "...seeking in every direction for...some god...", looking
for some of their companions who might have followed the same route.
The
Osage mythology offers a new perspective about the creation: it would
seem that "the gods" not only created the man above and below the
earth's surface, but that the same experiments were made successfully on
their planet of origin, so that for a time creators and creatures lived
there together.
Later on, perhaps due to an overpopulation problem,
the creatures were sent down to earth, followed by some of the creators.
The hierarchy suggested by Sitchin, where the Anunnaki stood as the
"common gods", the Nephilim as the "creators", and the humans as the
"creatures" born/created on earth, finds similarities in the Native
American lore.
"...In the beginning of the world, all was
water. Whee-me-me-ow-ah, the Great Chief Above, lived up in the sky all
alone. When he decided to make the world, he went down to the shallow
places in the water..." [Yakima people]
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