Giants

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The histories of our world’s most ancient civilizations all tell of a time that came before. A glittering world of high culture and power. Sumeria, Akkad of the Land Between the Rivers, Minoan Crete, and Egypt all have accounts of a terrible cataclysm, which only a few brave souls survived.

The Greeks speak about Lost Atlantis. Others tell of Lemuria, Mu, and Thule, all destroyed. The Old Testament calls this terrible disaster Noah’s Flood, while the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh speaks of a frightening deluge that destroyed the world.

The accounts agree on several other interesting elements. The Lost World contained wonders, paradises, or Eden: a lush garden planet that strangely held fearsome creatures, huge monsters, and giants. In that world, the gods, or godly beings, freely walked among men and women. And the gods often took the most beautiful as their wives, or as prizes of divine lust.

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