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Vehicles
Airborne
* The Flying Throne of Kai Kavus was an eagle-propelled craft built
by the Persian king Kai Kavus, used for flying the king all the way to
China
* The Flying Carpet or the “Prince Housain’s carpet”, the magic carpet from Tangu in Persia.
* The Vimana is a mythological flying machine from the Sanskrit epics, of Hindu origin.
Boats
* The Argo is the ship of the Argonauts. Its bow could talk and it had the power of prophecy (Greek mythology)
* The Canoe of Gluskab, able to expand so it could hold an army or
shrink to fit in the palm of your hand. (Abenaki mythology)
* The Canoe of Māui, which became the South Island of New Zealand (Māori mythology)
* Skíðblaðnir, a boat owned by Freyr (Norse Mythology)
* Naglfar, a ship made out of fingernails and toenails of the dead. It will set sail during Ragnarök. (Norse Mythology)
Chariots
* The Chariot of the Sun, the fiery chariot driven across the sky by the Greek god Helios
* The Chariot of the Sea, the oceanic chariot teamed by hippocampi
and/or dolphins, driven across the sky by the Greek god Poseidon
* The Chariot of Thunder, driven across the sky by Thor and pulled
by his two magic goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr (Norse Mythology)
* The Vitthakalai a gold-decorated chariot of Kali according to Ayyavazhi mythology.
* The Chariot of Fire, of the Angels of God who descended to earth,
which he used to carry several persons in the Old Testament to heaven.
* The Norse goddess of the sun Sol’s chariot in the sky which is
pulled by two horses Arvak and Alsvid; the bright shines of whose manes
give off what is seen as the sun’s light.
* The chariot of Dionysus was drawn by panthers, tigers, or centaurs.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruts “In Hinduism
the Maruts (Sanskrit: ____), also known as the Marutgana and sometimes
identified with Rudras, are storm deities and sons of Rudra and Diti and
attendants of Indra.”
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One
of the Maruts. These Hindu storm gods number from two to 180 depending
on the story. They are extremely warlike, with lightning, thunderbolts,
and iron teeth. They roar like lions as their fiery red horses pull
their golden chariots through the skies.
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Plate
depicting Cybele (the Anatolian Earth Mother), a votive sacrifice, and
the sun God. From Ai Khanoum, Afghanistan, 2nd century BCE.
Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, USA, 'birds-arrows.'
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Buddha's halo with an inscription of the 7th year of Yeonggang, South Korea.
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Mahadewa,
a manifestation of the god Shiva, rides a naga (serpent) with a rod in
his hand. Mahadewa is associated with Bali's highest mountain, Gunung
Agung.
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Petroglyph at Cottonwood Canyon, Arizona.
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Mesopotamian
cylinder seal and imprint. On bottom, cult scenes—five characters go
towards a pyramid-shaped building; on top, the god-ship. Circa 2600–2340
BCE.
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Cylinder seal and impression: the god-ship. Seal found in Mari, Syria; circa 2500-2400 BCE.
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Four Wizards and Longevity God, by Shang Xi, 15th century, Chinese.
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Hieroglyph in the temple at Abydos, Egypt.
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Petroglyphs on 'Newspaper Rock' near Moab, Utah.
Thunderbirds, oldsign3_1
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Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland, eastern California, USA.
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Rama being welcomed back to Ayodhya. He is also shown flying in the celestial flying machine, the Pushpak Vimana.
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Fragment of Sumerian victory stele, showing vultures, circa 2450 BCE.
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The Chariot of the Sun is being pursued by wolves, W.G. Collingwood, 1908.
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The Wolves Pursuing Sol and Mani, by John Charles Dollman, 1909.
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The Flying Carpet, depiction of Russian folklore hero Ivan Tsarevich, by Viktor Vasnetsov, 1880.
“There is evidence that [ET] bases have existed in NA, SA (esp. Peru), the Arctic and Antarctic from very ancient times.” Eibp
[Sumerian Flying Chariots]
Ba‘albek platform Agrest
[Indian Flying Chariots]
[Vimanas/Vehicles]
The predecessors of the flying vimanas of the
Sanskrit epics are the flying chariots employed by various gods in the
Vedas: the Sun (see Sun chariot) and Indra and several other Vedic
deities are transported by flying wheeled chariots pulled by animals,
usually horses (but the Vedic god Pksan‘s chariot is pulled by goats, as
is that of Norse Thor).
Sanskrit and Pali texts (most older than the OT)
are “loaded with references to flying disks and weaponry” that seems
modern. Rigveda, Bhagatava Purana, and the Yarjurveda “all speak of
flying machines” Also, Mahabharata and Ramayana mention various
aircraft, include. “two stories and many chambers with windows….” The
Vaimanika sustra “discusses the size and most important parts of the
various types of flying machines.” eibp
“The Amaranganas Utradhara explains design types,
engines, fuels and controls. The Samarangana Sutradhara offers many
pages that describe the process and principles of building such craft.”
“By means of these machines, human beings can fly in the air and
heavenly beings can come down to Earth.” Eibp
“In the Mausala Parva, the Vrishnis and Andhakas
races, we are told, were ‘consumed int oashes’ by a weapon so powerful
the king caused it to be destroyed, ‘reduced to a fine powder’.”
More spacecraft refs in the Samaptakabadha, Drona
Parva, and Karna Parva, and Ghatotrachabadma, Badha Parva, Budhasvamin,
Brihat Katha, Shlokasamgraha, B oital pachis, Parchatantra.
Samarangana Sutradhara
is an encyclopedic work on classical Indian architecture (Vastu Shastra) written by Paramara King Bhoja of Dhar (1000-1055 AD).
In 83 chapters, subjects treated are town planning,
house architecture, temple architecture and sculptural arts together
with Mudras (the different hand poses and the poses of the body as well
as the postures of legs), the canons of painting, and a chapter on the
art of mechanical contrivances, the yantras (chapter 31).
This chapter on yantras has attracted the attention
of pseudoscience and ufology in particular.[1] Verses 95-100 mentions
bird-shaped aerial cars (Vimanas), and verses 101-107 mention a sort of
robots acting as guards.
Check these texts:
samara… “Strong and durable must the body of the
Vimana be made, like a great flying bird of light material. Inside one
must put the mercury engine with its iron heating apparatus underneath.
By means of the power latent in the mecrcury which sets the driving
whirlwind in motion, a man sitting inside may travel a great distance in
the sky. The movements of the Vimana are such that it can vertically
ascend, vertically descend, move slanting forwards and backwards. With
the help of the machines human beings can fly in the air and heavenly
beings can come down to earth.”
The Hakatha (Laws of the Babylonians) states quite
unambiguously: “The privilege of operating a flying machine is great.
The knowledge of flight is among the most ancient of our inheritances. A
gift from ‘those from upon high’. We received it from them as a means
of saving many lives.”
Pushpaka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushpaka_Vimana#Ramayana
In the Ramayana, the pushpaka (“flowery”) vimana of Ravana is
described as follows:
“The Pushpaka chariot that resembles the Sun and
belongs to my brother was brought by the powerful Ravana; that aerial
and excellent chariot going everywhere at will …. that chariot
resembling a bright cloud in the sky … and the King [Rama] got in, and
the excellent chariot at the command of the Raghira, rose up into the
higher atmosphere.’”[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushpaka_Vimana#Ramayana
a chariot of the gods, any mythical self-moving aerial car (sometimes
serving as a seat or throne, sometimes self-moving and carrying its
occupant through the air; other descriptions make the Vimana more like a
house or palace, and one kind is said to be seven storeys high.
Tournament of the Gods
excerpts from the Mahabharata, http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/extra/bl-mahabharata1.htm
MAHABHARATA: CONDENSED INTO ENGLISH VERSE
By Romesh C. Dutt (1899)
THE EPIC OF THE BHARATAS
BOOK I: ASTRA DARSANA
I
THE GATHERING
(The Tournament)Mounted on their glittering mansions where the tints harmonious blend,
As, on Meru’s golden mountain, queens of heavenly gods ascend!
And the people of the city, Brahmans, Vaisvas, Kshatras bold,
Men from stall and loom and anvil gathered thick, the young and old,
And arose the sound of trumpet and the surging people’s cry.
Like the voice of angry ocean, tempest-lashed, sublime and high!
II
THE PRINCES
Gauntleted and jewel-girdled, now the warlike princes came,
With their stately bows and quivers, and their swords like wreaths of flame,
Each behind his elder stepping, good Yudhishthir first of all,
Each his wondrous skill displaying held the silent crowds in thrall.
And the men in admiration marked them with a joyful eye,
Or by sudden panic stricken stooped to let the arrow fly!
Mounted on their rapid coursers oft the princes proved their aim,
Racing, hit the target with arrows lettered with their royal name,
With their glinting sunlit weapons shone the youths sublime and high,
More than mortals seemed the princes, bright Gandharvas of the sky!
Shouts of joy the people uttered as by sudden impulse driven.
Mingled voice of tens of thousands struck the pealing vault of heaven.
Still the princes shook their weapons, drove the deep resounding car,
Or on steed or tusker mounted waged the glorious mimic war!
Mighty sword and ample buckler, ponderous mace the princes wield,
Brightly gleam their lightning rapiers as they range the listed field,
Brave and fearless is their action, and their movement quick and light
Skilled and true the thrust and parry of their weapons flaming bright!
16-century-ships
east-west-winds
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The 'Eye of God,' ancient engraving in rock, Israel.
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Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, USA, 'fighting-eagles.'
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Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, USA, 'key-maces.'
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Mace, circa 1000 CE, from the Washington State Park Rock Art Site, Missouri.
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More maces from Washington State Park Rock Art Site, Missouri.
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Voyage Through the Impossible, 1904, Méliès.
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The Pushpak Aircraft, by Balasaheb Pandit Pant Pratinidhi, 1916.
Vimanas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushpaka_Vimana#Ramayana a chariot of the
gods, any mythical self-moving aerial car (sometimes serving as a seat
or throne, sometimes self-moving and carrying its occupant through the
air; other descriptions make the Vimana more like a house or palace, and
one kind is said to be seven storeys high.
Pushpaka
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushpaka_Vimana#Ramayana In the Ramayana,
the pushpaka (“flowery”) vimana of Ravana is described as follows:
“The Pushpaka chariot that resembles the Sun and belongs to my
brother was brought by the powerful Ravana; that aerial and excellent
chariot going everywhere at will …. that chariot resembling a bright
cloud in the sky … and the King [Rama] got in, and the excellent chariot
at the command of the Raghira, rose up into the higher atmosphere.’”[3]
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mythological_objects
