Below is a portion of a book that I am writing called "The Historical Account Of Perseus And Medusa." This part focuses in on Perseus immediately after Perseus kills Medusa, who was a member of the Gurage tribe of Ethiopia.
CHAPTER 4: THE DEATH OF ATLAS
Now it happened that after Perseus (also called Eurymedon) had killed Keren-happuch, he headed back to Seryphos by way of eastern Libya (modern Saudi Arabia). (The continent of Africa was after the flood knocked for a loop as it were. When the continents were broken up and set adrift, Africa began to spin winding upside down. It is for this reason that the nation of Egypt as we now know it was called Lower Egypt and modern Ethiopia, then a part of Egypt, was called Upper Egypt.) On his way, he met a man of great strength who today is called Atlas, but in old times was called Tubal. Tubal was very wealthy, and was the king of a number of lands in north-western Africa. His hair was very coarse, ofttimes being compared to trees. He also had bony protrusions on his shoulders, hands, and head, as his mother was the grand daughter of what is called a devil. It is also through his (Tubal's) mother that the bloodline of Cain, the brother and murderer of Abel, survived.
Tubal also carried a heavy heart, in that Atlantis, the great island of the world, had sunk beneath the ocean. After the great flood, much of the earth's landmasses were broken up and set adrift. Atlantis, being aftoretime located just above what is now Greenland (Greenland's position on the earth was more southerly than what it is now), had sunk into the sea, the grave of which can be seen in the Azore islands in the north Atlantic. Tectonic plate movements at the time had caused a great rift in the ocean floor. The drifting Atlantis, not being anchored on solid ground, sank very swiftly, both beneath the ocean floor and into what is now considered mythology.
It happened to be that Keren-happuch was precious in the sight of Tubal, though how or why this relationship developed I do not know. Perseus, knowing his ancestry from King Acrisius, discovered that he was the descendant of Belus the Egyptian, who is identified in mythology as Marduk, and in Judeo-Christian scriptures as Nimrod, knew that Tubal was his cousin, albeit an old connection. Perseus had heard tales of Tubal's great strength and looked up to him as a role model. Unbeknownst to Perseus, however, was the fact that Neith was favored of Tubal. Only on his heading back to Seriphus did Perseus learn of the connection.
Perseus was eventually brought before Tubal, seeking permission to lodge in his palace for a night. He had learned beforehand that Tubal loved two things: genealogy and adventure. In an attempt to persuade Tubal to let him stay, Perseus began to tell him of his descendancy from that thing he called Zeus, and would have told him tales of his deeds in the army of King Polydectes had Tubal not cut him off from speaking. Tubal had been warned beforehand by Themis, the daughter of Reu, a.k.a. Caelus and Uranus, and Gaia, the daughter of Nimrod, who is called Chaos; he had been warned beforehand by Themis that one claiming to be a descendant of Zhe-ut (Zeus) would steal his admiration among men. Tubal, fearing this, had hired men from Assyria to guard his orchard continually.
It came to pass that Perseus had come before Tubal at the time of harvesting, requesting lodging from him. Tubal, upon hearing of Perseus' ancestry, told him to leave, saying that his deeds were fake and that even Jehovah whom Perseus worshipped (who was corruptly called Jupiter), could not save him, as Tubal had purposed in his heart to kill Perseus.
Perseus was greatly offended at this. Perseus replied to Tubal, "Since you hold my love for you so light a thing, this is a gift I have brought you." Perseus then pulled Keren-happuch's head out of the bag. When Tubal saw this, he straightly had a heart attack and died. Perseus departed, but not before entombing him in a cave in the highest mountain of what is now called the Atlas mountains. Perseus buried him in the mount that is called Toubkal, so named after Tubal, the son of Japheth, who is the son of Noah
CHAPTER 4: THE DEATH OF ATLAS
Now it happened that after Perseus (also called Eurymedon) had killed Keren-happuch, he headed back to Seryphos by way of eastern Libya (modern Saudi Arabia). (The continent of Africa was after the flood knocked for a loop as it were. When the continents were broken up and set adrift, Africa began to spin winding upside down. It is for this reason that the nation of Egypt as we now know it was called Lower Egypt and modern Ethiopia, then a part of Egypt, was called Upper Egypt.) On his way, he met a man of great strength who today is called Atlas, but in old times was called Tubal. Tubal was very wealthy, and was the king of a number of lands in north-western Africa. His hair was very coarse, ofttimes being compared to trees. He also had bony protrusions on his shoulders, hands, and head, as his mother was the grand daughter of what is called a devil. It is also through his (Tubal's) mother that the bloodline of Cain, the brother and murderer of Abel, survived.
Tubal also carried a heavy heart, in that Atlantis, the great island of the world, had sunk beneath the ocean. After the great flood, much of the earth's landmasses were broken up and set adrift. Atlantis, being aftoretime located just above what is now Greenland (Greenland's position on the earth was more southerly than what it is now), had sunk into the sea, the grave of which can be seen in the Azore islands in the north Atlantic. Tectonic plate movements at the time had caused a great rift in the ocean floor. The drifting Atlantis, not being anchored on solid ground, sank very swiftly, both beneath the ocean floor and into what is now considered mythology.
It happened to be that Keren-happuch was precious in the sight of Tubal, though how or why this relationship developed I do not know. Perseus, knowing his ancestry from King Acrisius, discovered that he was the descendant of Belus the Egyptian, who is identified in mythology as Marduk, and in Judeo-Christian scriptures as Nimrod, knew that Tubal was his cousin, albeit an old connection. Perseus had heard tales of Tubal's great strength and looked up to him as a role model. Unbeknownst to Perseus, however, was the fact that Neith was favored of Tubal. Only on his heading back to Seriphus did Perseus learn of the connection.
Perseus was eventually brought before Tubal, seeking permission to lodge in his palace for a night. He had learned beforehand that Tubal loved two things: genealogy and adventure. In an attempt to persuade Tubal to let him stay, Perseus began to tell him of his descendancy from that thing he called Zeus, and would have told him tales of his deeds in the army of King Polydectes had Tubal not cut him off from speaking. Tubal had been warned beforehand by Themis, the daughter of Reu, a.k.a. Caelus and Uranus, and Gaia, the daughter of Nimrod, who is called Chaos; he had been warned beforehand by Themis that one claiming to be a descendant of Zhe-ut (Zeus) would steal his admiration among men. Tubal, fearing this, had hired men from Assyria to guard his orchard continually.
It came to pass that Perseus had come before Tubal at the time of harvesting, requesting lodging from him. Tubal, upon hearing of Perseus' ancestry, told him to leave, saying that his deeds were fake and that even Jehovah whom Perseus worshipped (who was corruptly called Jupiter), could not save him, as Tubal had purposed in his heart to kill Perseus.
Perseus was greatly offended at this. Perseus replied to Tubal, "Since you hold my love for you so light a thing, this is a gift I have brought you." Perseus then pulled Keren-happuch's head out of the bag. When Tubal saw this, he straightly had a heart attack and died. Perseus departed, but not before entombing him in a cave in the highest mountain of what is now called the Atlas mountains. Perseus buried him in the mount that is called Toubkal, so named after Tubal, the son of Japheth, who is the son of Noah
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