The Kings of Atlantis become the Gods of the Greeks
By Demeter (Ceres) he had Persephone (Proserpine); by Leto, Apollo and Artemis (Diana); by Dione, Aphrodite (Venus); by Semele, Dionysos (Bacchus); by Maia, Hermes (Mercury); by Alkmene, Hercules, etc., etc.
The Origin of Our Alphabet
The "first Hermes," here referred to (afterward called Mercury by the Romans), was a son of Zeus and Maia, a daughter of Atlas.
This is the same Maia whom the Abbé Brasseur de Bourbourg identifies with the Maya of Central America.
Corroborating Circumstances
We have seen the Pan and Maia of the Greeks reappearing in the Pan and Maya of the Mayas of Central America.
The Indentity of the Civilizations of the Old World and the New
Among the early Greeks Pan was the ancient god; his wife was Maia.
(Brasseur's Introduction in Landa's "Relacion.") The names of both Pan and Maya enter extensively into the Maya vocabulary, Maia being the same as Maya, the principal name of the peninsula; and pan, added to Maya, makes the name of the ancient capital Mayapan.
Mount Cyllene
According to the myth, Hermes was born in a cave on Mount Cyllene to Maia, one of the Pleiades, and Zeus.
Pleiades and Orion
According to the myth, the Pleiades were seven sisters: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, and Merope.
The Pleiadian Influence
Their names—Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, and Merope—are immortalized in the stars.
Nymphs
Interestingly, the names of these star-nymphs—Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, and Merope—are also the names of nymphs.
Interestingly, the names of these star-nymphs—Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, and Merope—are also the names of nymphs.
The origin of our alphabet
According to the Phoenicians, the art of writing was invented by Taautus, known to the Egyptians as Thoth, or "the first Hermes." This figure is associated with Maia, a daughter of Atlas, and the Maya of Central America (Baldwin's "Prehistoric Nations," p.
Thoth
Maia, a daughter of Atlas