Gobekli Tepe
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Tigris Tunnel, 245, 286–87, 288–89, 290, 319, 328
Tíw (Norse god), 146–49, 209–10
Tree of Life
divine energy of, 239
Eagle legend, 347–48
as evergreen/olive tree, 335
fragments from, 335, 347
Holy Wood of, 309–10, 348–49
lithograph of, 308
Oil of Mercy from, 305–6
Yeghrdut monastery and, 304–5, 310, 337, 338
triangle d’or (golden triangle), 2, 48–49
T-shaped pillars
carvings on, 41–42
depicting the hooded ones, 114
at Nevalı Çori, 60
number of, 60–61
See also twin pillars; specific pillars
Twin of the king, 65–66
twin pillars
angles of orientation, 78, 79
as astronomical markers, 77
at Enclosure D, Plate 14
at Nevalı Çori, 24–28
north or south orientation of, 80–81
Orion correlations, 78–80
as portals to the sky world, 66–67
Sirius alignment, 80
target revealed, 81–82
See also Enclosures
twins, temple of, 65–66
Ursa Major constellation, 128, 133, 149
Ursa Minor constellation, 70, 149
Usselo horizon, 157, 171
Uyanik, Muvaffak, 100–101
Vega (Pole Star), 70, 94–95
Velikovsky, Immanuel, 339–40
Venus and the Sorcerer (Chauvet Cave),
71–76, 108
Venus of Laussel (carving), 57
vultures
cup marks for, 36
Cygnus as “falling vulture,” 98, 102–4
in death and rebirth, 7
at Nevalı Çori, 98
as psychopomp (“soul carrier”), 98, 101, 111
role of, 37, 38
in shamanic practice, 101, 198, 276
Vulture Stone (Pillar 43), 98–101, 102–4
Wahl, Christian Abraham, 283–84
Watchers
abode of, 290–91
cloaks of, 297
described, 7, 275–78, 292
Enoch’s meeting with, 12–13
influence on humanity, 274–75
serpentine qualities of, 297
story of, 14–15, 274
as Swiderians, 292–93
Waters of Life (Ab’i Hayat), 303
werewolves, 188, 208
wheat, domestication of, 39–40, 48
Whiston, William, 325
Wigram, W. A., and Edgar T. A., 245–46
Witöw people, 171–72
wolf
carvings of, 212–13
as comet, 137, 150–51
as Gokihar (meteor), 151–52
hunting with, 189
Koryak reindeer herders ritual, 207–8
in Zoroastrianism, 203
wolf people, 188
Wolf Star (Alcor), 132–34, 150
Wolf-stick Festival, 208, 209, 210
Wolf Stone Mountain (Gaylaxaz-ut), 203–5
world pillar. See sky pole (world pillar)
world tree, 102, 103
Xenophon, 251
Yâresân creation myth, 356–57
Yeghrdut monastery
Collin’s dream of, 224–25, 302
Collin’s visit to, 340–41
as Eden-like woodland, 302–3
history of, 303–4, 352
holy anointing oil of, 310
holy relics of, 337
location on Sim Mountain, 311, 317–18
religious decree given to, 313–14
ruins of, 316–17
Tree of Life and, 304–5, 310, 337, 338
See also Dera Sor (“Red Church”)
Younger Dryas (mini ice age), 5, 34–35,
116, 154, 158, 162–63, 171
Younger Dryas Boundary impact event,
156–59, 161, 162, 171
Zarzians, 197–99, 200–201
zodiac, creation of, 62
Zoroastrians, 96, 151–52, 203, 257
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