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The Chronicle of Akakor
The explanations of a number of popular authors are no less imaginative. They connect the origin of the
native population of America with the legendary continent Atlantis, which, according to the Greek
philosopher Plato, was submerged in 9500 B.C. The proponents of various migration waves from Egypt,
Asia Minor, and Europe belong to the same group.

Sir Walter Raleigh changed the prince of the Incas, Manco Capac, into the Englishman Capac. Followers of
the German scholar Wegener, on the other hand, believed in the African origin of the American indigenous
population. At a time when Africa and America were still connected, the Indians were supposed to have
crossed to Amazonia on foot.

There is better historical evidence for the theory of the German-Bolivian scholar Posnansky. After twenty
years’ research in the Bolivian ruins of Tiahuanaco, he came to the conclusion that the first Americans
developed on the American continent independently of European and Asian peoples. Subsequently, the
British scholar Fawcett supported Posnansky’s theory and saw Tiahuanaco as merely one of many
settlements in a mighty forest empire.

Nowadays, scholars are divided into two clearly separate schools: the proponents of a migration from Asia
across the Bering Straits and the believers in the development of autonomous American man. Both groups
have submitted innumerable scientific proofs, which, however, have not clarified two basic problems:
Where did the first American nations develop? And what was the course of the differentiated development
of the native population that reached its cultural and political apotheosis in the empires of the Aztecs, Maya,
and Incas?
These questions can hardly be answered scientifically, since essential links in the chain of
evidence are missing. What has been established is the fact that at a very early period, probably
more than 10,000 years ago, various tribes ruled America. They must either have had the same
origin or been in communication with one another. We know this from the archaeological
findings on the mysterious samba quis, the burial grounds of North and South American
Indians. Further evidence can be found in the ancient death rituals of Incas and Mayas. But
there are no explanations for these coincidences unless we draw on the legends and sagas of the
peoples.

Myths and Maya Legends

According to the Chi lam Balam, the books of the jaguar priests of the Maya, history begins in 3113 B.C.
The German Maya scholar Wolfgang Cordan connects this date with a mysterious historic event of great
importance. Traditional historiography, however, mentions it only as a curiosity of the complicated Maya
calendar. Strangely enough, the written traditions of the Central American nations coincide with the legends
of jungle Indians. The Toltecs and Maya tell about the appearance of Gods and heroes who, without
apparent effort, perform mighty deeds. The Amazonian Aruak also describe the arrival and departure of
fruit bearers in strange masks. Some similar historical event seems to have influenced all peoples living at
that time. We are aware of it even today and, although it may be wrapped in a cloak of mythology, it is
undoubtedly based on real events.

The only direct connection with comprehensible history and Latin American myths is found in
Quiche-Maya and Ugha Mongulala legends, except that their traditions distinctly refer to God-Kings and
Ancient Fathers possessed of powerful physical qualities. They are the descendants of a mysterious stellar
race; they are vastly superior to man and, after their death, enter into a second life that is closed to ordinary
mortals. "If you want to become God yourself," says the Chilam Balam of the Quiche-Maya, "be worthy of
it. Your earthly existence and behavior must be in harmony with the will of the Gods. You must follow the
ethical laws of the cosmos. Then the Gods will not feel ashamed in your presence and you will speak to
them as their equal."

In the Chronicle of Akakor, the "Former Masters we call Gods" came to earth around 13,000 B.C. and

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