AKAKOR
Legends of the Ugha Mongulala (Chechua)
As related by Tatunca Nara, Chief of the Tribe

Karl Brugger is the author of The Chronicle of Akakor, Delacorte Press., N.Y.
(available only in German as Die Chronik of Akakor Econ Verlag, Duesseldorf, 1976).
In that chronicle, Tatunca Nara, chief of the Ugha Mongulala (Quechua) tribe,
presents the legend of his tribe.

Gods of the Wind

Ancient "gods of the air" (sailing ships) came to the Ugha Mongulala.
[Vikings, Vedic Vimanas, Latvian Vejmani, Vejkungi "men of the wind").

The Amautas

Father Fernando Montesinos, using Chechua sources,
in 1642 wrote in Memorias antiquas historiales del Peru,
translated by P.A. Means, London, 1920,
that the pre-Inca rulers of Peru, e.g., were called the AMAUTAS
[Latvian AMATAS - German AMT = office, profession, position]
"the amautas ... could read and write ...
and taught these to others. The chief science was astrology."
The Ugha Mongulala had 13 months.
We show at LexiLine that these were zodiacal divisions of the heavens.

The Turtle Tribes and the Walum Olum

There is a photo in the book of Tatunca Nara, chief of the tribe,
with a tattoo on the left side of his chest - the tattoo is a TURTLE,
sign of the tribe. This reminds of the "Walum Olum" of the
Delaware Indians who relate that
"Nanabush, nanabush, is-the-grandfather-of-all,
the-grandfather-of beings, the-grandfather-of-mankind,
the-grandfather-of-the-turtle-tribe." The "turtle" tribe.

The South American "Turtle"

We also see a turtle and a similar symbol on the chests
of the figures of Easter island, e.g. plates 44 and 51 of
Thor Heyerdahl's book on The Archaeology of Easter Island
and plates 21, 52, 130, 131 and 163 of Heyerdahl's book,
Die Kunst der Osterinsel. The turtles are in part
shown attached to ropes, so that they probably were used to assist
in ancient navigation, tied to the boat and following ocean currents
to land - and were thus honored under the name MATA-MATA
in South and Central America and probably as the "god"
MAKE-MAKE, MEKE-MEKE or MACA-MACA on Easter Island,
which, according to Heyerdahl, was "a mythical animal, half human
in form, with bowed back and long claw-like legs and arms....
", i.e. very likely a sea turtle, which had no longer been seen by any
Native on Easter Island for many years and had obtained a mythical status.
The chief of Easter Island appended an official signature (!)
to the Gonzalez document by which Spain claimed Easter Island
- it is as the twelve signs of the Easter Island Zodiac,
followed by a sign for a turtle - sign of the tribe.

The Mythical World "Turtle"

In Grizimeks Tierleben, Kindler Verlag, Zurich, 1971, Vol. VI, p. 123
we find (my translation from the German) the following:
"The cultic and cultural significance of turtles reaches far back into antiquity.
Small stone age figurines of turtles have already been found in various countries
and are also in evidence in the graves of the Avarsi and the Longobards.
According to a Greek myth, Apollo invented the Lyre when he stretched the strings
across the shell of a sea turtle. The Brahmans of India believed that the Earth
rested on the backs of four elephants who in turn stood on the
back of a giant turtle. There is a "Turtle Temple" in Thailand....
Turtles are also beloved by the South American Indians and have
thus entered their mythology. According to these, the Jebuti
(land turtle) obtained its mottled shell through a fall to earth,
as it attempted to reach the heavens through the help of an eagle,
in order there to play a flute at a celebration." [See Pastaris]

The Turtle and the Zodiac

Anton Scherer, in Gestirnnamen bei den Indogermanischen Voelkern,
Carl Winter Verlag, Heidelberg, 1953, writes at p. 181 that
"the two turtles in the Egyptian decad were probably the
basis for the sign of Cancer". This makes sense since the Akkadians
called Cancer kushu, a term (according to the Chicago Assyrian
Dictionary) having its roots in two Sumerian predecessor terms,
one being some sort of a fish and the other listed between turtles
and crabs. The Sumerian terms ku-ud and ku-shu-u are similar to
both Finno-Ugric konn ("turtle") and
Latvian kau-su, kau-shu, kuo-sa and ku-za
meaning "skin, shell, bowl-shaped" and hence giving the original meaning.

The Turtle on Ancient Coins

Under the Greek term xelouni in Pauly's Realencyclopaedie der
Classischen Altertumswissenschaft, Druckermueller Verlag,
Stuttgart, 1952, it is noted that the oldest coins in the Aegean
had a picture of a sea turtle on them, later replaced by the land turtle.

The 13 MONTHS of the Ugha Mongulala

Tatunca Nara identifies the following 13 "months" of the year:
Unaga, Mena, Lano, Ceros, Mens, Laime, Gischo,
Manga, Klemnu, Tin, Meinos, Denama and Ilaschi.
Here are identifications by LexiLine of the stars to which they apply
and their Old World lexical comparables:

Unaga = Leo Latin anguis "water serpent, Hydra", i.e. Leo, Lithuanian nagute, Latvian nag- "finger, nail".

Mena = Virgo Said by Homer to be a star acc. to Scherer (p.62). Plautus says mena was the goddess of menstruation. Latvian maina.

Lano = Libra The Easter Island sign looks like three scraping hooks and is described by Metoro as a "tool for tattooing". Latin lan-ce.

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Ceros = Ophiuchus (Scorpio) Greek Chiron near Sagittarius. Old Indic crt- as a name for a moon station in Scorpio. Bernhard, H.J., New Handbook of the Heavens, McGraw Hill, 1948, p. 43, writes "Despite the fact that Ophiuchus is not considered one of the 12 zodiacal constellations, the sun spends 18 1/2 days within its boundaries while passing from Scorpius to Sagittarius. The straggling figure runs along the Milky Way and is divided almost equally by the celestial equator." In the myth of the "two brothers" in Märchen der Indios: Mythen und Legenden der Indianer Mittel- und Suedamerikas, V. Hulpach, Jan Vapaenik, Verlag Werner Dausien, Hanau, 1976), at p. 59, it is stated about Ophiuchus (my translation from the German): "When the constellation of the one-legged man appears on the Eastern horizon, the Indians know that the rainy season is coming to an end." Menzel, in Astronomy, Random House, 1970, writes: "Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, may well be an alternative form of Hercules, for the giant frequently had to deal with snakes, beginning in infancy when he strangled the serpent in his crib. He bears Serpens, the Serpent, in his hands, and his right foot is almost touching the stinger of the Scorpion ." (= Achilles' heel)

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Mens = Sagittarius Greek Menous, an Egyptian god, half man and half beast, equivalent to Pan. Arabic ka-MAN "bow", Latvian me(d)nis "hunter".

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Laime = The arrow of Sagittarius Similar to the Latvian LAIME, LAIMA, goddess of "fate, luck and fortune" as Roman Jupiter, assigned to Sagittarius. Finno-Ugric ILMA, "divinity of the air" (Hebrew ELOHIM). Latin lam-ina "thin piece of metal or wood".

Gischo = Capricorn In Latvian KAZA "the goat".

Manga = Aquarius Pisces Old Indic mina, Arabic mahi, English minnow, Greek maine, Russian men ("fish").

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Klemnu = Pleiades Aries Akkadian kal-mi-in and kalmann "fiery star". Homer has chol-ades "Hyades?" and Greek kleis acc. to Scherer p. 183 this is Cassiopeia?

Tin = Hyades Taurus Etruscan TIN "year" on the Bronze Liver of Piacenza. Latvian DIENA "day, DYNasty, time period"

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Meinos = Orion Meinos = Orion Mors in Taurus out of the Osiris of the "Sphaera barbarica" (Scherer, p. 233). Perhaps this is the original heavenly Menes of antiquity. According to Kunitzsch, the Arabs call the three stars of Orion (nugu)M-AN-NAZM. "Der Sternhimmel in den Dichterischen Vergleichen der Andalus-Araber", Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenlaendischen Gesellschaft, Vol. 128, no. 2, 1978.

Denama = Gemini Greek Didimai and Old Indic dvamdva "twins".

Ilaschi = Cancer Old Akkadian alluttu for Cancer. Originally probably a turtle. Ancient Greek laisiou "shield of tufted hair".

More Lexics

Tatunca Nara notes that Aka in his language means "fortification".
Compare here Easter Island Ahu for many of the ancient masonry
structures on the island and Latvian Eka "large structure, building".
In terms of counting, the Ugha Mongulala term for "one" is AKANIS
to which compare the year 1770-evidenced (expedition Gonzalez)
Easter Island term COYANA "one". The Ugha Mongulala term for
"two" is KOR, similar to the Easter Island term CORENA "two".