Mysterious Bags

Many ancient civilizations depict their deities carrying mysterious bags represented as a common household item. It was only those deities that traveled through different dimensions that carried these mysterious bags. The many instances of this depiction seem to confirm the use of a handbag as a cosmological symbol. The ‘Handbag of the Gods’ is a symbol of power and the key or energy to be able to travel to other worlds.   

      “From the Sumerians of Iraq to the ruins of Turkish temples to the decorations of Māori of New Zealand and the Ōlmēcah of México, one mysterious anomaly seems to show up time and time again–the purse, the handbag. One possible theory for the proliferation of this image is its simple and straightforward representation of the cosmos,” says one of the INAH archaeologists. “The semi-circle of the image (what would appear to be the bag’s strap) represents the hemisphere of the sky. Meanwhile, the solid square base represents the earth. Thus, the image is used to symbolize the (re)unification of the earth and sky, of the material and the non-material elements of existence.” 

One of the oldest temple complexes ever discovered, and one of the earliest instances where we find the

deities carrying a handbag, is Göbekli Tepe in southern Turkey. The megalithic temples–the world's

oldest known megaliths, have massive stone pillars arranged into a set of rings that were carved

some 12,000 years ago and deliberately buried like the Meso-américan tribes did. The Göbekli Tepe as

well as in stone-age rock at sites including Coso rock art district (China Lake, USA), and across Arnhem

Land (Northern Territory, Australia) with images from over 15,000 years into the past are still being

researched. 

In ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, a handbag-like image, the Ankh or cross with handle, meaning ‘key of life’, can be seen carried by the gods. In New Zealand, a Māori myth tells of a hero who once ascended to the home of the gods and returned to earth carrying three baskets full of wisdom. “Thus, much like the Göbekli Tepe handbags, the Maori handbags symbolize worship and gratitude for divinely inspired knowledge.” Tane, the progenitor of mankind, ascended through the many realms to the uppermost realm, and there obtained from Io the three baskets of knowledge. Tane returned to Earth with the knowledge, and there created humankind from the Earth.  

At the archaeological site of La Venta Tabasco, in México, Quetzalcōatl, is holding in his hand the same ‘bag’ we see in ancient Sumerian depictions. In Tula, the capital of the Tōltec Empire, also in México, the massive ‘Atlanteans’, are depicted with handbags and watches. In Jaina, in Campeche, and other parts of México, we find deities carrying their bags. (See Jaina Chapter) Does the presence of the mysterious bag, carried by the gods, indicate that these cultures were connected?  What was inside? 

   In Australian Aboriginal mythology, Eingana is a creator goddess and the mother of all water, animals, and humans. She is a snake goddess of death who lives in the Dream time. Across the many nations of ancient Australia, there was always a local version of the Rainbow Serpent and Earth mother tradition. The Creation Mother of the Aboriginal people, came from the East after emerging from the sea, ‘carrying dilly bags full of lots and lots of babies’ as she came from the far North. She traveled across the country depositing the babies in different lands, giving them their languages and cultures. In the story we find many overlaps with the Mesopotamian story; came from the East after emerging from the sea, she carried many bags, each one carried the seeds of creation for a specific people, also their language and cultural identity. Both created the first people and gave to them language, agriculture, and knowledge. Each cultural group had their own bag. 

In Mesopotamia, a being known as Adapa, Dagon or Oannes is portrayed in several forms, a fish-tailed man, an eagle-headed man, or a winged man, always carrying a bag. The strange deity was considered the founder of civilization, emerging from the waters of the Persian Gulf and bringing with him the knowledge of writing, art and sciences. This strange figure was the leader of the seven sages known as the Apkallu (Akkadian) and Abgal (Sumerian), the seven demi-gods, sometimes described as part man and part fish, associated with human wisdom, often referred as the Seven Sages.

Whether they represent the seeds of life, higher knowledge, or an energy carrying bag, is it possible that all ancient cultures were visited by the same deities? 

How can we explain the countless similarities among civilizations that inhabited earth thousands of years ago, separated by continents? 

Did ancient civilizations follow the same blueprint? Is it possible that the Anunnaki—depicted by the Sumerians—and the deities who visited the ancient Maya, Āztec, Tōltec and Ōlmēc in México; Turkey, Egypt, Maori, India, Australia, etc... are in fact the same? Is it just a coincidence? What do these mysterious bags represent? Could these bags be some alien technology, a carrying energy device? 

Anunnaki—‘Those Of Royal Blood’ are believed to be immortal gods that inhabited the earth during the Ancient Sumerian time in Mesopotamia. The Sumerian civilization developed on the Persian Gulf, growing to strength at around 4,000 BC. The ‘Plain of the Land of Shinar’ is the territory which after 2,000 BC. became Babylon. The Greeks named the region Mesopotamia (the land between two rivers), most of which lies in the modern state of Iraq. The first recorded civilization of mankind. They were advanced with currency, astronomy, and farming.