Rock Lake at Lake Mills, Wisconsin is near the Aztalan archaeological site in Wisconsin and is said to have pyramid mounds and effigies at the bottom of it. It is also said to be protected by guardian spirits. I did go out and visit the lake hoping to take a boat out and see if I could see some of these structures, but the water was too muddy and dark on that day and thus I did not attempt to go out and see if I could find anything from the surface. The Lake is said to have a sea serpent guardian in it, but no one of late has seen it. A man by the name of Archie Eschborn organized an investigation of the lake and was able to find what appears to be a sea serpent effigy (possibly being held by a bird) at the bottom of the lake through the usage of sonar. He wrote about it in his book, The Dragon in the Lake. There is a stone statue of a sea serpent at the small shop near the lake.
The area was not always full of water. There are tales of bearded white men traveling throughout the region and mining the copper near the area. It is said that the natives went to war with them and wiped most of them out. Those that remained interbred with the natives and became the elite of the tribes/cities. Some believe the mining and underwater structures go back as far as 4000 years ago while archaeologists date the Aztalan site and other Mississippian sites to around 800 to 1300 AD or anywhere from 1200 to 700 years ago.
Archie Eschborn believed that Aztalan and Rock Lake were related to the Aztec and that the Aztecs cited 7 mounds that they came from which he equates with 7 major Mississippian city complexes.
The folklore of the Ho-Chunk people includes the story of Red Horn who mated with one of their own producing a son who fought for the Ho-Chunk. Red Horn was said to fight giants who were “man-eaters” and he later competed with a red-haired giantess in a contest and won her hand in marriage producing a son with red hair. Red Horn was said to have long red hair he put in a pony tail.
I believe that Red Horn is the equivalent of Dionysus-Osiris In the Dionysiaca, written by Nonnos, the story of Dionysus having to compete in a contest to win the marriage of Pallene is told. Pallene was very beautiful and strong and her father would not allow anyone to marry her but would trick them into a contest of sport and when they lost, he would kill them. Dionysus was able to win and he ended up killing Pallene’s father and mating with her, but he did not stay with her.
Red Horn also fights giants who participate in cannibalism, just as Dionysus-Osiris did. Lastly, Red Horn had long hair and I’ve come across writing that said Dionysus-Osiris would not cut his hair during his travels until his mission was completed. This is very similar to the vow of a Nazarene.
The story of Red Horn was told in cave shelter known as the Gottschall RockShelter in Wisconsin. Vandalism occurred on the rock panels and the cave has been closed off to the public. The Ho-Chunk were involved in the analysis of the over 40 cave paintings as well as several state archaeologists.
When I heard about the red hair of Red Horn, I was a bit concerned as to his identity since Prometheus was known for his red hair and Dionysus-Osiris has been shown with dark hair and blondish hair. But, I have found a character called Trickster/Wolf in Ho-Chunk legend that is consistent with Prometheus. I am confident that Red Horn is Dionysus-Osiris and would be open to discussions with any Ho-Chunk members as to my research.
Dr. Salzer was an anthropologist involved in the rock shelter examination and he wrote a book about it. In the book, he cites that there are Ho-Chunk living in Nebraska that believe they are the descendants of Red Horn. If they truly are, then there should be genetic markers that link them to Europeans and in particular the Osirian pharaohs.
The Red Horn panel from Picture Cave, Missouri.
Lastly, I visited the Man Mound effigy near Baraboo, Wisconsin. This effigy is believed to be that of a Powerful God or Medicine Man.
This is a horned figure and I find that interesting considering the animals such as the bull associated with both Zeus and Dionysus-Osiris as well as Prometheus (Red Bull, Red Goat). There are other artifacts that exist in the Americas that have this horned imagery and even include a horned serpent (will show in another blog article).
I believe the past of the Ho-Chunk intertwines with Dionysus-Osiris and possibly travelers who came to the Americas much later. The dating of the Mississippian culture goes back to the time period of an attempted Viking colonization. However, I believe there was always travel across the old and new world and it is possible that a previous group may have come from the time period of King Solomon.
The name given to Rock Lake by the Ho-Chunk is Tyranena, which is similar to the name Tyre. The name Tyranena is said to not be part of the Ho-Chunk language. It is quite possible that Jews/Phoenicians from the time of King Solomon found their way to the Americas looking for copper and they were either killed off or interbred with the natives producing an elite class that carried over their Kabbalah-Qlippoth mysticism that eventually found its way into the some of the temple structures of the Aztecs (I will discuss this further in future articles).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sithon_%28mythology%29
http://www.lakemills.org/history-of-lake-mills/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazarene_(sect)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Horn_%28Siouan_deity%29
