[Eastbound]

Ainu? Wonder if this is a contraction or form of 'Anu?' Anu, head of the ancient pantheon, was the grandfather of Nin.Gish.Zida, who also was known by different names by different cultures as 'Thoth,' and more recently as 'Quetzlcoatl' in Meso-America -- the Pyramid Builder. Were the Ainu another group of Mesopotamian survivors migrating to India, Russia and Asia? Is the world getting smaller and the history books thicker, or what?

[blam]

"Were the Ainu another group of Mesopotamian survivors migrating to India, Russia and Asia? "

I believe there have been numerous waves of Proto-Europeans across the Russian/Asian steppes like the Ainu, Jomon and most recently these: The Takla Makan Mummies.

I believe some of these early waves made it across the 'top' and we're finding them now as Kennewick Man, Spirit Cave Man and etc.

I'm beginning to think there was a time when there were more proto-Europeans in Asian than there were Asians.(as we know them today.)

There's an excellent book by Victor Mair about these mummies titled: The Tarim Mummies. I believe the Tarim Mummies are refugees from the Black Sea flood in 5,600BC.

[VadeRetro]

Anu, head of the ancient pantheon, was the grandfather of Nin.Gish.Zida, who also was known by different names by different cultures as 'Thoth,' and more recently as 'Quetzlcoatl' in Meso-America -- the Pyramid Builder.

Can you perhaps tell me how Thoth (now thought to have been pronounced "Tehuti") is a man with the head of an Ibis but Quetzalcoatl is a feathered serpent? Just in general, your post seems to commit too much fusion.

[Virginia-American]

"ainu" is the Ainu word for "man".

[S0122017]

Ainu? Wonder if this is a contraction or form of 'Anu?'

DUDE PLZ english language allows only THAT much sounds and words to be made up, so we have to make names that sound a bit alike a lot. Dont go weird and claim there has to be a connection cause two names sound a little bit alike.