Louis Jacolliot (1837 Р1890) was a French barrister then a judge in India and Tahiti (1865-1869) and after that an author and lecturer. Born in Charolles on october 31st 1837, he lived several years in India and other parts of Asia. He wrote extensively on Indian culture, including the legend of the Nine Unknown Men. Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Semence River in Charolles, 1904 Charolles is a commune of the Sa̫ne-et-Loire d̩partement, in east-central France. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

He has been described as a "prolific but unreliable" writer. ^[1] During his time in India he collected sanskrit myths, which he popularized later. Among other things, he claimed that hindu-writings (or unspecified "Sanskrit tablets" ) would tell the story of a sunken land called Rutas in the Indian Ocean. However, he relocated this lost continent to the Pacific Ocean and linked it to the Atlantis-myth. Furthermore his 'discovery' of Rutas is somehow similar to the origin of the Mu-Story . Sanskrit ( , for short ) is a classical language of India, a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism, and one of the 23 official languages of India. ... The word mythology (from the Greek μυολογία mythología, from mythologein to relate myths, from mythos, meaning a narrative, and logos, meaning speech or argument) literally means the (oral) retelling of myths – stories that a particular culture believes to be true and that use the supernatural to interpret natural events and... This article discusses the adherents of Hinduism. ... Lost lands are continents, islands or other regions believed by some to have existed during prehistory, but to have since disappeared as a result of catastrophic geological phenomena or slowly rising sea levels since the end of the last Ice Age. ... For other uses, see Atlantis (disambiguation). ... Underwater structures controversially identified as remnants of Mu, near Yonaguni, Japan Mu is the name of a hypothetical vanished continent. ...

His works were not only quoted in Helena Blavatsky's book Isis Unveiled, he also influenced her speculations on Lemuria. Helena Blavatsky Helena Petrovna Hahn (also Hélène) (July 31, 1831 (O.S.) (August 12, 1831 (N.S.)) - May 8, 1891 London, England), better known as Helena Blavatsky or Madame Blavatsky was the founder of Theosophy. ... Isis Unveiled, a master-key to the mysteries of ancient and modern science and theology, published in 1877, was Helena Petrovna Blavatskys first major book. ... Lemuria is the name of a hypothetical lost land variously located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. ...

Among his works is a translation of the Manu Smriti, which has since been deemed unreliable by numerous scholars including Ann-Marie Etter. This flawed work influenced Friedrich Nietzsche: see Tschandala. The Manusmriti (Sanskrit मनुस्मृति), translated Laws of Manu is regarded as an important work of Hindu law and ancient Indian society. ... Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) (IPA: ) was a nineteenth-century German philosopher. ... Tschandala (old German transcription of Chandala) is a term Nietzsche borrowed from the Indian caste-system, where a Tschandala is a member of the lowest social class. ...

He died at in Saint-Thibault-des-Vignes on october 30th 1890. Coordinates Administration Country Region Île-de-France Department Seine-et-Marne Arrondissement Torcy Canton Lagny-sur-Marne Intercommunality Communauté dagglomération de Marne et Gondoire Mayor Sinclair Vouriot (2001-2008) Statistics Altitude 39 m–99 m Land area¹ 4. ...

Works

• La Devadassi (1868)
• La Bible dans l'Inde, ou la Vie de Iezeus Christna (1869)
• Les Fils de Dieu (1873)
• Christna et le Christ (1874)
• Histoire des Vierges. Les peuples et les continents disparus (1874)
• La Genèse de l'Humanité. Fétichisme, polythéisme, monothéisme (1875)[or (1879)?]
• Le spiritisme dans le monde (1875)
• Fétichisme, polythéisme, monothéisme. La genèse de l'Humanité (1876)
• Les traditions Indo-asiatiques (1876)
• Les traditions Indo-européennes et Africaines (1876)
• Le Pariah dans l'Humanité (1876)
• Les Législateurs religeux : Manou, Moïse, Mahomet (1876)
• La femme dans l'Inde (1877)
• Rois, prêtres et castes (1877)
• Les législateurs religieux. Moïse, Manou, Mahomet (1880)
• L'Olympe brahmanique. La mythologie de Manou (1881)
• Fakirs et bayadères (1904)
• Voyage au pays des Bayadères (1873)
• Voyage au pays des perles I (1874)
• Voyage au pays des éléphants II (1876)
• Second voyage au pays des éléphants III (1877)
• Voyage aux ruines de Golconde et à la cité des morts - Indoustan I (1875)
• Voyage au pays des brahmes II (1878)
• Voyage au pays du Hatschisch III (1883)
• Voyage au pays de la Liberté : la vie communale aux Etats-Unis (1876)
• Voyage aux rives du Niger, au Bénin et dans le Borgou I (1879)
• Voyage aux pays mystérieux. Du Bénin au pays des Yébous ; chez les Yébous - Tchadé II (1880)
• Voyage au pays des singes III (1883)
• Voyage au pays des fakirs charmeurs (1881)
• Voyage au pays des palmiers (1884)
• Voyage humoristique au pays des kangourous I (1884)
• Voyage dans le buisson australien II (1884)
• Voyage au pays des Jungles. Les femmes dans l'Inde (1889)
• Trois mois sur le Gange et le Brahmapoutre. Ecrit par Madame Louis Jacolliot née Marguerite Faye (1875)
• Taïti, le crime de Pitcairn, souvenirs de voyages en Océanie (1878)
• La côte d'Ebène. Le dernier des négriers I (1876)
• La côte d'Ivoire. L'homme des déserts II (1877)
• La cité des sables. El Temin III (1877)
• Les pêcheurs de nacre IV (1883)
• L'Afrique mystérieuse I, II, III (1877) I,II, III, IV (1884)
• Les mangeurs de feu (1887)
• Vengeance de forçats (1888)
• Les chasseurs d'esclaves (1888)
• Le coureur des jungles (1888)
• Les ravageurs de la mer (1890)
• Perdus sur l'océan (1893)
• Les mouches du coche (1880)
• Le crime du moulin d'Usor (1888)
• L'affaire de la rue de la Banque. Un mystérieux assassin (1890)
• Scènes de la vie de mer. Le capitaine de vaisseau (1890)
• Un policier de génie. Le mariage de Galuchon (1890)
• Scènes de la vie de mer. Mémoires d'un lieutenant de vaisseau (1891)
• L'affaire de la rue de la Banque. Le père Lafouine (1892)
• La vérité sur Taïti. Affaire de la Roncière (1869)
• Ceylan et les Cinghalais (1883)
• La genèse de la terre et de l'humanité I (1884)
• Le monde primitif, les lois naturelles, les lois sociales II (1884)
• Les animaux sauvages (1884)

Reference

• Daniel Caracostea, Louis-François Jacolliot (1837 – 1890): A biographical essay

1. ^ L. Sprague de Camp, Lost Continents, 1954 (First Edition), p. 58

Lyon Sprague de Camp, (November 27, 1907 – November 6, 2000) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. ... Lost Lands are islands or continents believed by some to have existed during pre-history, but to have since disappeared as a result of catastrophic geological phenomena. ...

External links

• French site on Jacolliot
• Another French site on Jacolliot
• American site with Jacolliot's biography