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Lemuria (/ l ɪ ˈ m jʊər i ə /), or Limuria, was a continent proposed in 1864 by zoologist Philip Sclater, theorized to have sunk beneath the Indian Ocean, later appropriated by occultists in supposed accounts of human origins.
Mu is a lost continent introduced by Augustus Le Plongeon (1825–1908), who identified the "Land of Mu" with Atlantis.The name was subsequently identified with the hypothetical land of Lemuria by James Churchward (1851–1936), who asserted that it was located in the Pacific Ocean before its destruction. [1]
Although the Lemuria theory was later rendered obsolete by the continental drift (plate tectonics) theory, the concept remained popular among Tamil revivalists of the 20th century. According to them, Kumari Kandam was the place where the first two Tamil literary academies ( sangams ) were organised during the Pandyan reign.
Lemuria, according to Theosophists, existed in a large part of what is now the Indian Ocean including Australia and extending into the South Pacific Ocean; its last remnants are the Australian continent, the island of New Guinea, and the island of Madagascar. Lemuria sank gradually and was eventually destroyed by incessantly erupting volcanoes. [9]
Phantom islands, as opposed to lost lands, are land masses formerly believed by cartographers to exist in the current historical age, ... Lemuria, a mythical lost ...
Churchward was born in Bridestow, Okehampton, Devon at Stone House to Henry and Matilda (née Gould) Churchward.James had four brothers and four sisters. In November 1854, his father Henry died and the family moved in with Matilda's parents in the hamlet of Kigbear, near Okehampton.
Lemuria's name and origin myth, according to Ovid, derives from a supposed Remuria [2] instituted by Romulus to appease the angry spirit of his murdered twin, Remus. [ 3 ] The philosopher Porphyry points out that Remus' death was violent, premature, and a matter of regret for Romulus. [ 4 ]
Lemurian or Lemurians or variation, may refer to: . Lemurian Fellowship, a religious movement; Lemurian (album), an album by the artist Lone Inhabitants of Lemuria (continent), a hypothetical "lost land" variously located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans