The American Nations Part 16

The plurals were _Eli_, _Ili_, _guaili_.-_Gua_ is only the article _This or Such_.(68)

_8th Event._ The sun and moon called _Boiniael_ and _Maroio_ by Roman; but _Binthaitel_ and _Marohu_ by Dangleria and Ovieda, come out of the cave _Jovovava_: they are Zemis and foes of mankind. A cave with the same name was their temple in Hayti. Dangleria calls it _Iovana-boina_ Jove Solar.

The exact time of this appearance is doubtful, and there appears to be two blended events, one of cosmogony alluding to the sun being long obscured by the primitive misty atmosphere, another historical alluding to the solar and lunar dynasties of Asia or America. The meaning of _Jovo-vava_ or _Kovo-vava_ is cave of fathers, both primitive names. The solar and lunar names have many a.n.a.logies elsewhere, among which the chief are

_Names of the Sun._

_Oin_, _Oein_ of Arabs and Ethiopia.

_Oboh_, _Baion_, old Egyptian.

_Baon_, _Oan_ of a.s.syrians.

_Ian_ of the Etruscans.

_Belen_ of the Gauls.

_Bun_ of the Zend.

_Abolion_ of the Pelasgians.

_Abloin_ of the Thessalians.

_Ntiele_ of the Illyrians.

_Bian_ of the Ausonians.

_Anactes_ of the Mysians.

_Names of the Moon._

_Yarho_ of the Syrians.

_Aohri_ of the Tibus.

_Warha_ of the Ethiopians.

_Carara_ of the Etruscans.

_Teoro_ of the Betoys, S. A.

_Heriho_ of Canaan.

_Humuri_ of Old Arabic.

_Matuare_ of Carthul, Caucasus.

_Maraca_ of Guaramis, S. A.

_Marama_ of Polynesia.

_Kamar_ in Maroco.

_Kamaria_ in Pehlvi.

_Gumara_ in Nubian.

Most of these synonyms and a.n.a.logies are found in the most ancient languages: to which may be added that in the ancient Haikan language of Armenia, the sun and moon were called _Noah!_ and _Morante_, names also of Noah and his wife.

_9th Event._ The female Zemis, _Coatris-quia_ makes the springs and streams to flow over the earth, and became their G.o.ddess.

This is another period of oriental cosmogony, that of the irruption of subterranean waters and rain, which in the bible is posterior to Adam. The name of the Zemis is of doubtful meaning, probably _Coatris-quia_, hollow-quite. _Coa_ or _Cua_ was the name of ancient hollow temples all over America. _Quia_ is found in _Quisqueia_ oldest name of Hayti or the _great_ (land) _universal_.

_10th Event._ _Taragava-el_ and _Corocora_ or _Epileguanita_, two male Zemis of the woods and hunters, made the trees and beasts. This includes probably two events anterior to the men, unless they be men.

The meanings of these Zemis which might guide us, are quite doubtful.

_Taraguva_ resembles _Tuyra_ and also _Turei_ heaven; but _Epileguanita_ was probably the ancient G.o.d of the _Caracol_ or Beastly-men, since it was represented by a beast or quadruped; while all the other Zemis as men and women. _Ili-guanita_ would mean in Haytian _children of the people_.

Therefore I presume that these are personifications of the ancient hunters, or men of the woods with the beastly and savage men of early times. Roman calls the second _Corocore_, synonyme of _Caracara_.

Part II. _Antidiluvian History and Flood._

_11th Event._ JAIA-EL rebels against his father JAIA and wants to kill him; a warfare, in which _Jaia-El_ is killed by his father, who puts his bones into a gourd. _Higuera_, or _Hibuera_, and people the land of that name.

This refers to the fall of man and the wars of the t.i.tans. The name for bones is omitted, it would perhaps afford another clue. Many American nations venerate and animate bones. Dangleria says, that _Jaia_ peopled all the islands of the sea with these bones.

_12th Event._ JAIA being childless marries _Itiba-Jatuvava_ from whom he has 4 twin sons called _Dimivan_, who became afterwards _Cara-cara-cols_ or the great Cara-cols, the great beastly beings; but their mother dies at their birth.

_Itiba_ means woman ancient and alludes perhaps to _Thibet_, refuge, or land of Noah. (_I_, is the article _the_). _Jatuvava_ perhaps j.a.phet-father, but in Aruac _Kati-uiua_ means the moon heavenly. The name of _Dimivan_ is remarkable, being identic with the _Demavends_ or antidiluvians of Persia, called _Dawand_ in the Zendavesta, the _Demoi_ or old people of the Pelasgians, the _Demons_ of many nations. The _Caras_ and _Cols_ are found all over America and Asia.(69)

_13th Event._ AHIACAVO (grand father) or _Baia-manicoel_ an ancestor of the _Dimivan_, forms the nation of CON-EL, at _Basamanaco_, and invents agriculture, with the art of making cakes and bread.

The Dimivan acknowledge him as grandfather of mankind. CON-EL is certainly a personification, meaning the sons or Elohim of CON, who is the primitive Lybian Hercules KON or KHON; and is found in Peruvian history as the first legislator of Peru. The XONS or CONES were the oldest people of Spain and Italy, same as _Xaones_ of Greece. Their G.o.d was XON or _Konah_.

_Basamanaco_ is inexplicable unless it alludes to the primitive antidiluvian _Manaco_ or _Manco_ of Peru. _Ba_ is dwelling, _Samana_ an island near Hayti.

_14th Event._ The four brothers _Dimivan_ meeting a mute _Conel_, making bread, ask him for some; but he only gives them instead _Cogioba_ or _Cohiba_ which is tobacco: this happened at the door of Basamanaco. This fable indicates an intercourse of the Dimivans and the _Conels_ which are probably a branch of the Atlantes or Lybians.

_15th Event._ This refusal of bread was the cause of a quarrel and war, in which _Conel_ kills or destroys one of the brothers or tribes of _Dimivan Caracol_, but a turtle _Hicotea_ came out of his body, or an island thus called, as Hayti was. This _Conel_ conqueror was _Baia-mani-coel_, whose name means _Father of food celestial_; but _Baya_ is also the ocean.

This indicates a great war, and probably alludes to that of the Atlantes.(70)

_16th Event._ The _Dimivans_, probably in revenge, broke the gourd of JAIAEL (_Khayahel_); but a flood of waters issue from it and drowns the land.

This deluge is called _Niquen_: there is no indication in Roman of the men who were destroyed, nor who were saved and how; but in Cuba was found a more ample tradition of the flood as follows.

_17th Event._ Three Behiques or priests who come to Cuba later, taught them that the flood had been general, had broken the land; and that a good man had been saved in a big boat with his family. That many animals were also in the boat, a vulture and dove are mentioned.

Herrera and others relate this, but in different words, and without native names. Some have supposed this account made out by the Spanish priests; but it appears to refer to a tradition brought by the Olmecas or Mayas in Cuba, being very similar to the Mexican accounts.

_18th Event._ Another subsequent flood although omitted by Roman, is alluded to by others, Garcia says that Hayti and Cuba were then cut asunder and separated from Yucatan. Dangleria says that the islands Lucayas that then joined to the great islands, were divided by irruptions of the sea. It is the second flood of Peleg, which in the Antilles broke the islands by volcanic explosions. It is impossible to say what events of the next period, may belong to the interval between the two floods; but probably some of them. All these antidiluvian events appear to belong to a different country than the Antilles, which did not even then exist, at least in their actual state, and may properly be referred to the island Atlantis or the eastern hemisphere. It was at this last cataclysm that the Antilles a.s.sumed their actual shape and number.

Part III.-_Ancient History._

_19th Event._ After the floods the men dwelt in caves on the mountain _Cauta_ in the land of _Caanau_ or _Caunana_ or _Caona_.

The mountains of _Cauta_ must have been the refuge of men at one of the floods: they answer probably to the _Cuta_ of the Hindus, name given to many rocky lands and capes besides mountains. The _Ceuta_ mountain of Africa south of Gibraltar, was one of them, also called _Abyla_ from the _Cabyles_ or Nomadic Berbers. Dangleria states a tradition that men were created on that mountain. _Cauta_ although unexplained is identic with _Icota_ turtle, _Ca-uta_ land raised. _Caona_ means golden.

The land _Caanau_ of Roman, _Caunana_ of Dangleria, has been mistaken for the land of _Canaan_ by some writers: others deem it Florida. Both are wrong. The Haytians did not come from North America; but may have sent colonies there. They came from the east, South America and Africa, or the Atlantis. The name means land of Noah? (_Caa-Nau_, _Cau-Nana_). _Caunia_ was the ancient name of Asia Minor and Caria, the first Carians were Caunians, a Pelagian tribe which expelled by the Leleges, settled the Grecian islands, and Lybia part of which was called _Caani_. The _Anakim_ of Syria giants dwelt in _Ca-anak_. The _Khaoni_ were the ancestors of Epirians and Illyrians. _Cauni_ was a mauritanian tribe.

_20th Event._ The sun and moon are two great Zemis called _Binthaitel_ (sun divine) and his wife _Marohu_ (moon), come out of the cave _Iovana-boina_ (Jehovah-Solar), and rule the world, establis.h.i.+ng the solar and lunar dynasties.

This historical event must be distinguished from the 8th. This refers to the solar dynasties of Asia and Africa. It must be noticed that similar places were often shown in Hayti, as the same names had been applied by the subsequent settlers, even when the event had happened elsewhere. In this case, these solar caves were temples in Hayti, where the figures of the sun and moon were wors.h.i.+pped, and prayed to for rain; but Herrera says they had their hands bound, which indicates a conquest. Pilgrims went to those caves, from all parts of Hayti. It was in the land of the king _Mauziation-El_ (Roman) or _Machiunech_ (Dangleria); but whether these were former dynasties and kings or late rulers, is difficult to ascertain.

_21st Event._ _Maroco-El_ (lunar son) called _Machocha-El_ by Dangleria, held the sway over men, who were still in Cauta and Caanau, and kept them confined to the caves.

This indicates a lunar dominion over mankind somewhere, and a state of confinement: Perhaps in South America; in Peru caves are also the first dwellings of mankind.

_22d Event._ The men were divided into double tribes or two nations, the princ.i.p.al or largest and of best men was called _Cazibagiaga_-R.

_Cazibaxagua_-D. (Royal Xagua) and the smaller _Amaianaba_-R.

_Amayauna_-D. (Mayas?), ruled by Cazics for kings.