There are scholars who maintain that Atlantis was first mentioned by Plato.
But references to the area designated as Atlantis are found in many cultures.
Atlantis was given its name by the Greeks after Atlas.
But early Greek legends indicate Sanatana Dharma, Hinduism connection.
Balarama, Krishna legends have found and there is a view that the Pillars of Hercules was made in honor of Lord Krishna.
'Additionally, the myth may be described as a union of Inanna with her own "dark side", her twin sister-self, Ereshkigal, as when she ascends it is with Ereshkigal's powers, while Inanna is in the underworld it is Ereshkigal who apparently takes on fertility powers, and the poem ends with a line in praise, not of Inanna, but of Ereshkigal. It is in many ways a praise-poem dedicated to the more negative aspects of Inanna's domain, symbolic of an acceptance of the necessity of death to the continuance of life.
Lakshmi's Elder sister is Jyesta Devi, personification of things inauspicious.
Devadasi system in Sumeria.
The Devadasi system, I have been thinking, was unique to India.
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