Legends - End of the Golden Age. The "Drift" Covers 2/3 of the Earth

Before destruction of the flood
Pangaea was a supercontinent, meaning all Earth's landmasses were joined together.
Genesis 10:25-26

Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg, because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother was named Joktan.

Genesis 10:21-25
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber. / The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. / The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

Genesis 1:9
9 And God said, “Let the waters under the sky be gathered into one place, so that the dry land may appear.
And it was so.

10 God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.…

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Recent trends in the chemistry of major northern rivers signal widespread Arctic change

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-023-01247-7

Study Accidentally Proves Ice Age THEORY Wrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG9jRHWTiK4

Ancient Mud Just Shattered a 750000-Year-Old Ice Myth

https://scitechdaily.com/ancient-mud-just-shattered-a-750000-year-old-ice-myth/

Decades-long Arctic rivers study reveals widespread changes
Scientists studied the six largest rivers that drain to the Arctic

https://www.nsf.gov/news/decades-long-arctic-rivers-study-reveals-widespread-changes

“Slushball” Earth: New Evidence Rewrites Ice Age History

https://scitechdaily.com/slushball-earth-new-evidence-rewrites-ice-age-history/

Ragnarok: the age of fire and gravel : Donnelly, Ignatius

https://archive.org/details/ragnarokageoffir00donnuoft/ragnarokageoffir00donnuoft/

Ragnarok: the age of fire and gravel
by Donnelly, Ignatius, 1831-1901

https://archive.org/details/ragnarokageoffir00donn

THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE DRIFT.
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CONTENTS.

PART I.
THE DRIFT.

I. THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRIFT 1

II. THE ORIGIN OF THE DRIFT NOT KNOWN 8

III. THE ACTION OF WAVES 10

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 CATASTROPHE 43

VIII. GREAT HEAT A PREREQUISITE 58

PART II.
THE COMET.

I. A COMET CAUSED THE DRIFT 63

II. WHAT IS A COMET? 65

III. COULD A COMET STRIKE THE EARTH? 82

IV. THE CONSEQUENCES TO THE EARTH 91

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PART III.
THE LEGENDS.

I. THE NATURE OF MYTHS 113

II. DID MAN EXIST BEFORE THE DRIFT? 121

III. LEGENDS OF THE COMING OF THE COMET 132

IV. RAGNAROK 141

V. THE CONFLAGRATION OF PHA¸TON 154

VI. OTHER LEGENDS OF THE CONFLAGRATION 166

VII. LEGENDS OF THE CAVE-LIFE 195

VIII. LEGENDS OF THE AGE OF DARKNESS 208

IX. THE TRIUMPH OF THE SUN 233

X. THE FALL OF THE CLAY AND GRAVEL 251

XI. THE ARABIAN MYTHS 268

XII. THE BOOK OF JOB 276

XIII. GENESIS READ BY THE LIGHT OF THE COMET 316

PART IV.
CONCLUSIONS.

I. WAS PRE-GLACIAL MAN CIVILIZED? 341

II. THE SCENE OF MAN’S SURVIVAL 366

III. THE BRIDGE 376

IV. OBJECTIONS CONSIDERED 389

V. BIELA’S COMET 408

VI. THE UNIVERSAL BELIEF OF MANKIND 424

VII. THE EARTH STRUCK BY COMETS MANY TIMES 431

VIII. THE AFTER-WORD 437

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE DRIFT Frontispiece.

TILL OVERLAID WITH BOWLDER-CLAY 5

SCRATCHED STONE, FROM THE TILL 6

RIVER ISSUING FROM A SWISS GLACIER 19

TERMINAL MORAINE 20

GLACIER-FURROWS AND SCRATCHES AT STONY POINT, 26
LAKE ERIE

DRIFT-DEPOSITS IN THE TROPICS 38

STRATIFIED BEDS IN TILL, LEITHEN WATER, 54
PEEBLESSHIRE, SCOTLAND

SECTION AT JOINVILLE 54

ORBITS OF THE PERIODIC COMETS 83

ORBIT OF EARTH AND COMET 88

THE EARTH’S ORBIT 89

THE COMET SWEEPING PAST THE EARTH 92

THE SIDE OF THE EARTH STRUCK BY THE COMET 93

THE SIDE NOT STRUCK BY THE COMET 93

THE GREAT COMET OF 1811 95

CRAG AND TAIL 98

SOLAR SPECTRUM 105

SECTION AT ST. ACHEUL 122

THE ENGIS SKULL 124

THE NEANDERTHAL SKULL 125

PLUMMET FROM SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 180

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COMET OF 1862 137

COURSE OF DONATI’S COMET 157

THE PRIMEVAL STORM 220

THE AFRITE IN THE PILLAR 270

DAHISH OVERTAKEN BY DIMIRIAT 272

EARTHEN VASE, FOUND IN THE CAVE OF FURFOOZ, 347
BELGIUM

PRE-GLACIAL MAN’S PICTURE OF THE MAMMOTH 349

PRE-GLACIAL MAN’S PICTURE OF REINDEER 350

PRE-GLACIAL MAN’S PICTURE OF THE HORSE 351

SPECIMEN OF PRE-GLACIAL CARVING 352

STONE IMAGE FOUND IN OHIO 353

COPPER COIN, FOUND ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN FEET 356
UNDER GROUND, IN ILLINOIS {front}

COPPER COIN, FOUND ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN FEET 356
UNDER GROUND, IN ILLINOIS {back}

BIELA’S COMET, SPLIT IN TWO 409

SECTION ON THE SCHUYLKILL 432

Static in the attic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q24ocV4fLBY&t=56s