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RAGNAROK:

THE AGE OF FIRE AND GRAVEL.

BY
IGNATIUS DONNELLY,

AUTHOR OF "ATLANTIS: THE ANTEDILUVIAN WORLD."

"I am not inclined to conclude that man had no existence at all before the epoch of the great revolutions of the earth. He might have inhabited certain districts of no great extent, whence, after these terrible events, he repeopled the world. Perhaps, also, the spots where he abode were swallowed up, and the bones lie buried under the beds of the present seas."--CUVIER.

[1883]

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THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE DRIFT.

CONTENTS.

PART I. THE DRIFT.

I.THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRIFT1
II.THE ORIGIN OF THE DRIFT NOT KNOWN8
III.THE ACTION OF WAVES10
IV.WAS IT CAUSED BY ICEBERGS?13
V.WAS IT CAUSED By GLACIERS?17
VI.WAS IT CAUSED BY A CONTINENTAL ICE-SHEET?    23
VII.THE DRIFT A GIGANTIC CATASTROPHE43
VIII.GREAT HEAT A PREREQUISITE  58

PART II. THE COMET.

I.A COMET CAUSED THE DRIFT63
II.WHAT IS A COMET?65
III.COULD A COMET STRIKE THE EARTH?82
IV.THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE EARTH91

PART III. THE LEGENDS.

I.THE NATURE OF MYTHS113
II.DID MAN EXIST BEFORE THE DRIFT?121
III.LEGENDS OF THE COMING OF THE COMET132
IV.RAGNAROK141
V.THE CONFLAGRATION OF PHAËTON154
VI.OTHER LEGENDS OF THE CONFLAGRATION166
VII.LEGENDS OF THE CAVE-LIFE195
VIII.LEGENDS OF THE AGE OF DARKNESS208
IX.THE TRIUMPH OF THE SUN233
X.THE FALL OF THE CLAY AND GRAVEL251
XI.THE ARABIAN MYTHS268
XII.THE BOOK OF JOB276
XIII.GENESIS READ BY THE LIGHT OF THE COMET316

PART IV. CONCLUSIONS.

I.WAS PRE-GLACIAL MAN CIVILIZED?341
II.THE SCENE OF MAN'S
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