What is the meaning of the name of Lemuria?
Lemuria was originally the name given to a vast hypothetical sunken continent or a landbridge stretching across the Indian Ocean and Indonesia, all the way to the central Pacific Ocean. It was postulated by the naturalists of the past century, in order to explain the presence of the lemur (a small primate) both in Madagascar and in the Indies. But this notion has long ago been superseded in modern geology. By coincidence, the lemurs derive their name from that of the Lemurs (or “Ancestors”), for the Indonesians long knew that man descends from the apes. Hence, the name of Lemuria can be interpreted as “Land Ancestral” or “Land of the Ancestors”. Alternatively, the name can be derive from that of Mu or Mu-devi, the Hindu Mother Goddess. Mu means “Mother” in Dravida, and Mu-devi means “Mother Goddess”. In other words, Mu (or Mu-devi) — also called Uma in Sanskrit — is the personification of Lemurian Atlantis itself, the Motherland of Humanity. Similarly, Shiva, her husband and counterpar
