The Hopi myth speaks of a great cataclysm, where fire rained from above and below, consuming the Earth until only a few were left, protected by the ant people deep within the Earth. This ancient tale raises profound questions: Is it merely myth, or does it point to a real, catastrophic event in humanity’s distant past, perhaps an ancient survival story of a civilization that endured massive upheaval? | The Randall Carlson

62K views · 2K reactions | The word “cataclysm” comes from kataklysmos—the ancient Greek term for the great flood. And that flood? It shows up everywhere. Deucalion and Pyrrha. Utnapishtim. Native Americans in a great canoe. These are not just myths. They’re global memory echoes of something massive. Maybe it’s time we stop treating ancient flood stories as fiction—and start treating them as data. | The Randall Carlson | Facebook