Mayan Calendar Prophecies: The Complete Collection of 2012 Predictions and Prophecies (12 page)

The order of events listed in these Mayan “mythological” accounts coincide well with the eyewitness accounts from the Tunguska event, one of only three known witnessed impact events in the last 100 years. The Tunguska event took place in the year 1908 in Russian Siberia. The meteor exploded before hitting the ground creating an airburst similar to that of a nuclear bomb. The eyewitness accounts match perfectly to the effects of nuclear explosions as recorded in film footage from nuclear tests in the 1940s and 50s. One eyewitness account from forty miles of the epicenter of the Tunguska impact noted:

the sky split in two and fire appeared high and wide over the forest…The split in the sky grew larger, and the entire northern side was covered with fire. At that moment I became so hot that I couldn't bear it, as if my shirt was on fire; from the northern side, where the fire was, came strong heat. I wanted to tear off my shirt and throw it down, but then the sky shut closed, and a strong thump sounded, and I was thrown a few metres. I lost my senses for a moment, but then my wife ran out and led me to the house. After that such noise came, as if rocks were falling or cannons were firing, the earth shook, and when I was on the ground, I pressed my head down, fearing rocks would smash it. When the sky opened up, hot wind raced between the houses, like from cannons, which left traces in the ground like pathways, and it damaged some crops. Later we saw that many windows were shattered, and in the barn a part of the iron lock snapped.
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Another account from tribal members who lived in the area noted:

We had a hut by the river with my brother Chekaren. We were sleeping. Suddenly we both woke up at the same time. Somebody shoved us. We heard whistling and felt strong wind. Chekaren said, 'Can you hear all those birds flying overhead?' We were both in the hut, couldn't see what was going on outside. Suddenly, I got shoved again, this time so hard I fell into the fire. I got scared. Chekaren got scared too. We started crying out for father, mother, brother, but no one answered. There was noise beyond the hut, we could hear trees falling down. Chekaren and I got out of our sleeping bags and wanted to run out, but then the thunder struck. This was the first thunder. The Earth began to move and rock, wind hit our hut and knocked it over. My body was pushed down by sticks, but my head was in the clear. Then I saw a wonder: trees were falling, the branches were on fire, it became mighty bright, how can I say this, as if there was a second sun, my eyes were hurting, I even closed them. It was like what the Russians call lightning. And immediately there was a loud thunderclap. This was the second thunder. The morning was sunny, there were no clouds, our Sun was shining brightly as usual, and suddenly there came a second one!

The primary difference between the Mayan accounts and Tunguska accounts is the Tunguska accounts lacked the “sudden rush of water” and “avalanche of water” referred to in the Mayan accounts since the event took place over land and not water. It is believed the Tunguska event was caused by meteors that were part of the Taurid meteor stream produced by fragments of Comet Encke.

The Mayan Flood Myth was recorded in Palenque’s Temple XIX, which was dedicated on January 14, 734 AD. Yet this was likely a re-dedication of a rebuilt structure, the previous temple having been destroyed by invaders. It is unknown when the original temple was built but an inscription noted the dedication of an
okib
(the platform on which the inscriptions appear) was made in 561 AD. Why would this platform with its 3500 year-old flood myths be constructed at this time? Could a similar celestial event have occurred which reminded the Mayan priests of this ancient myth and thus led to its revival? 

In fact, in March 536 A.D.  a major climactic event occurred worldwide which dimmed the sun, caused summer to turn to winter, and caused crops to fail. Originally thought to have been the result of a volcanic eruption it is now thought the event resulted from “multiple comet impacts.”
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The fact that this event occurred at the beginning of March
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is eerily similar to the Mayan Flood Myth which began with the enthronement of God GI on March 10, 3309 BC. Perhaps the appearance of a comet that broke up and crashed into the ocean causing worldwide haze that dimmed the sun and floods resulting from impact tsunamis made the priests remember these old myths and revived them at Palenque in 561 A.D.?

In fact, scientists believe at least two comet fragments crashed into two separate bodies of water during this climate event. One fragment “roughly 640 metres wide slammed into the Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia, and the other…smaller object crashed into the North Sea near Norway.”
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These led to mega-tsunamis in two of the planet’s oceans. In fact, researchers noted that of the “’six separate [Australian] tsunami events that can be recognized over the last 8000 years’…two dates stand out, namely 5250 cal. Yr BP (3300 BC) and 1450 cal. Yr BP (AD 500)”
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because these same dates can be found over and over again in publications devoted to tsunami research.  Interestingly, researchers have noted that the peak of the A.D. 500 tsunami event corresponded “with a clustering of meteor sightings that is believed by astronomers to be one of the most significant over this time span…[and is] associated with the Taurid complex”
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created by Comet Encke.

Thus it seems clear that the 500 A.D. event was so similar to the 3300 BC event that it likely revived the memory of the older 3300 BC event, which then inspired the Maya to create a hieroglyphic text of this earlier catastrophe.

Just as in the 500 AD event
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, the Earth experienced rapid global cooling in the 3300 BC event as well.
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(Coincidentally, the famous Otzi the Ice Man who was discovered in the Alps frozen to death died around 3300 BC and his stomach contents showed this occurred sometime in Spring making him a likely victim of this rapid global cooling.) Victor Clube and Bill Napier, authors of
The Cosmic Serpent
, theorized in their second book,
The Cosmic Winter
,
that comet impact events would lead to a global winter much like a nuclear winter as dust from the impacts would block out the sun. Thus the similarities between the 3300 BC event and 500 AD event likely explain why the 3300 BC event was recorded at Palenque so soon after the 500 AD event.

So far we have discussed the possible astronomical basis of the “main event” recorded in the Mayan Flood Myth; namely, the flood caused by multiple meteor impacts into the world’s oceans. Yet this was not the first event mentioned in the myth.

The hieroglyphic text begins with the enthronement of God GI in the heavens on March 10, 3309 BC, overseen by a deity named Yax Naah Itzamnaaj. Curiously, the myths surrounding God GI have him being born and enthroned multiple times. This has confused scholars but makes sense when one realizes that his enthronement in the sky is best explained as the appearance of a supernova in the sky. Supernova can brighten, becoming visible, and dim, becoming invisible, multiple times before they finally explode. Thus, GI’s multiple births become explicable via an astronomical interpretation.

The fact that God GI was enthroned on March 10, 3309 BC suggests he was not in the sky before this date.  Most stars are always in the sky night after night thus they do not “come to power.” They are simply always there. Only a supernova appears out of nowhere and takes its position in the sky, i.e., is “enthroned.” The fact that supernovae are usually so bright they are even visible during daylight hours is likely another reason they are said to be “enthroned,” since they are the “king” of the stars during their short reign in the sky.

Is there any physical evidence for a supernova in 3300 BC? In fact, there is. Scientists have noted that a Beryllium-10 spike appears in the east Antarctic ice core record around the year 3300 BC. Beryllium-10 spikes are associated with increased cosmic rays reaching earth. This has been shown to have two causes: increased solar activity and supernova outbursts.

As was noted previously, the decapitation event is consistent with a tail disconnection event caused when a coronal mass ejection slams into a comet. Coronal mass ejections occur during periods of heightened solar activity thus the Mayan Flood Myth suggests these events took place during such a period. This, alone, could explain the Beryllium-10 spike in the ice core record. Yet if God GI was really a supernova then this could also help explain the spike in Beryllium-10.

What are the odds that a supernova, super solar storm, and comet impact event would all happen so closely in time? Could there be some other underlying cause to all of these rare events just as there was for the 10,500 BC event discussed in Part 2, Chapter 14?

Once again, just like with the 10,500 BC event, a galactic core explosion and associated superwave appear to be the root cause behind these rare events. Physicist Paul LaViolette, Ph.D. noted in his book
Earth Under Fire
that the Beryllium-10 spike in 3300 BC was likely the result of a minor Magnitude 1 superwave.
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Though not as severe as the Magnitude 4 galactic superwave that struck the solar system in 10,500 BC, this superwave was still able to pack a powerful punch. It was able to obliterate comets in the Oort cloud in the outer reaches of the solar system and push this dust, gas and debris into the inner solar system where it collided with the earth and sun. The massive amount of dust and debris falling into the sun caused it to become more active shooting off super solar flares and coronal mass ejections. One of these superflares or CMEs caused a tail disconnection event as well as a violent outgassing of the comet that led to a fragmentation. Four large fragments then slammed into four of the world’s oceans sending mega-tsunami with wave heights likely 2000 feet or more racing towards shore.

The shock wave produced by these meteor impacts would have reached land before the tsunami wave in the form of greater-than-hurricane-force winds. These winds would have been so hot that most organic matter would have burst into flames. A second blast wave would have soon followed. Any survivors of the initial blast would have been pelted by a rain of rocks, trees and other debris. Soon afterwards a mountain of water would have appeared and crashed down on any remaining survivors. The fact that eyewitness accounts of these events were preserved so accurately within Mayan religious texts proves that, miraculously, some people who witnessed these events actually survived them!

Additionally, the appearance of God GI in the heavens may have been an eyewitness account of the blue ‘star’ that would have appeared in the galactic center when the light from this eruption reached an observer on earth. When the tail disconnection event and impact events happened eleven years later the astronomer-priests may have assumed these events were related just as the Aztecs did four thousand years later for the 1011 AD supernova and 1014 AD impact events discussed in Part 2, Chapters 13 & 14.

The 3300 BC event also seems to coincide with the birth or rebirth of the Taurid meteor stream. Astronomer Bill Napier has noted, “The main part of the current [Taurid] meteoroid system appears to have developed five to 20,000 years ago.”
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Thus it is likely that the event in 3300 BC, five thousand years ago, could have created or significantly added to the current Taurid meteoroid complex, which would have devastating consequences for civilization over the next 5,000 years.

There is one final deity associated with these events: Yax Naah Itzamnaaj. The hieroglyphic text notes that he oversaw the enthronement of God GI.

Itzamna was one of the most ancient gods whose myths are very reminiscent of those told about Quetzalcoatl, the sky serpent. Itzamna’s name has been interpreted to mean “lizard house” where
itzam
means “lizard” and
na
means “house.” House and/or mansion were common terms used by cultures around the world to refer to a constellation. One constellation has been represented as both a lizard and serpent around the world: Draco. Could Itzamna be associated with the constellation Draco?

One researcher noted, “Itzamnaaj a.k.a. ‘God D,’ [was] a high-ranking, wrinkled Old God, ubiquitous in Maya art, usually ruling over other gods. Occasionally…God D [appeared] as a serpent-head.”
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In Mayan mythology, Itzamna was married to Ix Chel who was depicted as having a serpent on her head, carrying a water jug, usually overturned pouring out water. The Little Dipper asterism to the Maya was known as the “water jug,”
xam
, which pours out virgin water.
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Thus it is likely that Itzamna represented the constellation Draco which is “married” to the Little Dipper in the night sky since they endlessly rotate around each other, even passing ownership of the North star between one another due to precession. Since Draco is a circumpolar constellation it is visible year round unlike other constellations that dip below the horizon for months at a time; thus, he is an appropriate “deity” to rule over the other deities, i.e., constellations. Since Draco is always visible, this is likely why he is said to have overseen the events of 3300 BC. More importantly, due to precession of the equinoxes Draco was home to the North Star, Thuban, in 3300 BC.

What about the title
Yax Naah
he is given in this hieroglyphic text
? Yax
means “green” but also “first.”
Naah
means house. Combined they likely mean something like “the original” Itzamna. This title was likely meant to distinguish him from the later incarnations of Itzamna that were closely associated with Quetzalcoatl, which we have seen was clearly a comet not a constellation. (This version of Itzamna will be seen in the next chapter, “Decoding the Mayan Blowgunner Vase.”)