It’s my contention that the Turtle Island of Native American myths, is actually Manhattan.
The area was home to a giant star fort, with one 5-pointed wall at present-day Wall Street.
The New York area was also the location for at least 18 other forts ~ https://t.co/h3eLZEm1oeuntappedcities.com/2012/08/06/mil…
Even though Long Island also resembles a turtle, I believe the focus should be on the star fort.
This type of structure may be what the Lenape, Delaware, and the Algonquins were referring to.
The interior divisions look like turtle shell.
As @drewgutsky recently mentions ~
The myths of Turtle Island began in northeast America. The more widespread use of it only really took off during the rights activism of the 1970’s. Part of Manhattan is still known today as Turtle Bay.
It has had many names -
Turtle Island, New Amsterdam, New Netherland, Mannados, Manna-hatta, Manhata, Manhattan, Manhito....
The Great Spirit is known as Manito. I think it is not a stretch to say that Manito is where some of the names originated.
Interestingly, the Dutch East India company (VOC), destroyed 80,000lbs of records, including those of New Amsterdam. They contained ALL information prior to 1638. The VOC was the most powerful company in the world, at one time. They had their own city star fort in Amsterdam,
and around 100 other bastion forts on their home turf. They supposedly built them all over the world. However, with the destruction of ALL records prior to 1700, in the Dutch office, there is an enormous gap in history. Only recently has an archive been discovered and a
recovery effort instituted, for examining millions of deteriorating documents found in Asia. They’re in archaic Dutch, & translators must be specially trained, even if the researcher is Dutch.
Even so, these documents will likely reveal NOTHING of Manhattan’s past, before 1638.
The Lenape were savvy, but didn’t understand the European idea of buying/selling land. They believed they were making an exchange for use of the land. Here is a beautiful description of what it surely must’ve been like. A sacred island to them ~
I mentioned Turtle Bay earlier. Well, the UN headquarters is located at the end of 42nd Street, in Turtle Bay. The whole world on the turtle’s back, in a way......
The underside of Manhattan is just as important. It has a long history of subterranean chambers, secret vaults, train systems, underground rivers, areas seldom seen by humans. Many billions were recently spent on a new tunnel system, referred to as “New York’s newest cathedral”.
I always have wondered how the skyscrapers don’t cause the land to sink. Well, here is my answer.
New York is unique in the world, in this regard - Manhattan schist is the bedrock. It seems like the 🧲 properties should be important ~
https://t.co/lbtl1AGoToui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009EGUGA.…
Interesting article here. Thousands of dead bodies buried under NYC parks and structures. Also various other items of interest. The marijuana story is particularly sad 😢😜~
https://t.co/iLKk0JfGiFhuffpost.com/entry/new-york…
More random interesting underground features, including a secret train station under the Waldorf Astoria ~
Spell craft? Definitely one of the more unusual art installations of Manhattan.
Wheat has such strong symbolism in so many cultures. Depending on the religion, it can be a negative symbol, or a positive.....
I revisited a past NYC thread, and am in fresh awe of these buildings and frescoes. Heavy Egyptian themes interwoven with various other timelines ~
Bryant Park, Manhattan
It’s been a while since I added to this monster thread:)
New York City arches ~
It’s not just coincidence that I have 42 in my name. It shows up everywhere. But this........discussing the Hudson Terminal, which opened in 1908, and later became the World Trade Center complex......🤯
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