There is evidence all around the world wherever megalithic structures have depictions of the gods that they are all from the same pantheon—the same principal eight deities, an Ogdoad (ono + tua + -ad, “six” and “two” count”), Pakua, and that the earliest known civilizations were all connected linguistically, genetically, spiritually, culturally, and technologically.
Take for example Egyptian, Sumerian, and Meso-American pantheons. Many of the gods pictured are winged (I suspect the wings stand for clouds, or sails) and accompanied by serpents (usually two), have ornate headdresses or elongated skulls, carry a handbag or weight (maybe symbolic of the rule of law—justice and scales), wear a wristband that strongly resembles a chronometer of some kind (astronomy and time keeping), hold a staff, rod, or scepter (kingship and authority), or snake (esoteric knowledge, religion) and are called by variations of epithets including “The Shining Ones”, “The Illuminated”, “The Lightbearers”, “The Torchbearers”, are sometimes mounted on complex machine-like structures (bear in mind these civilizations ruled in the BCE), etc. And these are carved into temple stele near or on megalithic stone pyramidal structures, or hewn straight out of contiguous stone hilltops and cliffs.
LIGHT BEARING is long associated as a metaphorical idiom for those who teach, or bring knowledge, or act as revelators in one form or another. To shed some light on what I mean here...(drum hit)...take into consideration the Anunnaki of Sumerian mythology.
𒀭 𒉡 𒈾 𒆠
AN.NU.N.NA.KI
One English translation of the Sumerian-Akkadian name for the Anunnaki is
“The Shining One’s”
The Ancient Egyptians, too, used "shining one" often in invocations to their gods when speaking of the god addressed, or eulogizing their beloved deceased nobles, for example, in the Egyptian Book of the Dead:
"The storm of the sky which raises the god, The hidden one in her dwelling, Chebt the mummified form of the god. The greatly beloved, WITH RED HAIR, The abundant in life, the veiled one. Her whose name is powerful in her works, The bull of the cows. The divine force, the good one, the good rudder of the Northern sky. Him who goes round and piloteth the double earth, the good rudder of the Western sky, THE SHINING ONE, who dwelleth in the house of the devouring monster, the good rudder of the Eastern sky." (Book of the Dead, Chapter 141-142)
""Homage to thee, O thou lord, thou lord of right and truth, the One, the lord of eternity and creator of everlastingness, I have come unto thee, O my lord Ra. I have made meat offerings unto the seven kine and unto their bull. O ye who give cakes and ale to THE SHINING ONES, grant ye to my soul to be with you. May Osiris Ani, triumphant, be born upon your thighs; may he be like unto one Of you for ever and for ever; and may he become a glorious being in the beautiful Amenta... Hail ! THE SHINING ONE, who dwellest in the house of the devouring monsters, the good rudder of the Eastern sky." (Book of the Dead, Chapter 148)
"I am the lord of the red crown which is on the head of THE SHINING ONE, he who gives life to mankind from the heat of his mouth, and who delivers Ra from Apepi." (Book of the Dead, Chapter 150)
"I adore thy name. I am the cow. Listen to my voice, on the day when thou puttest a flame under the head of Ra. Behold he is in the Tuat, and he is mighty in HeliopoHs. Grant that he may be like one who is on earth. He is thy son, who loves thee. Do not ignore his name. Come to Osiris and Grant that a flame may arise under his head, for he is the soul of the great body which rests in Heliopolis; THE SHINING ONE, the form of the firstborn is his name. Barokatat'aua is his name." (Book of the Dead, Chapter 162)
Looking to Meso-American civilizaions such as the Maya, Olmec, and Aztecs, one figure stands out as characterized by all the conspicuous traits of divinity as depicted in ancient Mesopotamian stele and religious artwork and stone carvings: Quetzalcoatl.
Taking the name of this rain god, whose epithets include "feathered serpent god", "bringer of rain", "the shiny-faced one", "winged serpent god", and assuming there is a linguistic drift between Sumerian/Akkadian, Polynesian (a medium), and Meso-American civilizations, perhaps via trans-oceanic trade, which would have been much more manageable at the height of the ice age when the sea levels were lower and more landmarks were visible, derivations of his name are arrived at thusly:
Que.t_.__zal__-.coa.tl
Que = /To'e/ or /Tue/
.t = /to/
.zal = /susulu/
.coa = /toa/
.tl = /tala/
To’e.to.susulu. toa.tala* / **
Literally: "a remnant", "to fall***", "to shine", "an ironwood tree", "the story of greatness"
Figuratively: “the last to fall (to Earth), spreading their light, (like) an ironwood tree (strong and branching out), with the greatness of their message/teachings"
*TL/TALA - might be a remnant of Sumerian/Kala(g)/, and convey a sense of greatness, as in “The Great”. The Samoan word /TALANOA/ means "to brag, or boast about one's own greatness"
** Pratt, George. "A Samoan Dictionary, English and Samoan, and Samoan and Englih; with a Short Grammar of the Samoan Dialect"
*** The Samoan word "to fall" /toa/ has connotations of falling rain. I must wonder whether this is not merely a coincidence and somehow related to the ubiquitous story of The Great Deluge.
**** Egyptian Book of the Dead, a funerary text. For more details, read about it here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_Dead
Then read the book itself (translated) here:
https://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/
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