Set on the continent of Mu, this city, also known as Mu, was preserved from the Cataclysm by a protective dome,[2] persisted into the Modern Age as the kingdom of Mu, located on an island on the Pacific Ocean somewhere near modern day Hawaii.[1]
History
Pre-Cataclysmic Age[]
The people of the city of Mu were described as war-like and highly civilized.[1]
Great Cataclysm[]
Circa 18,000 BC,[3] the people of the city of Mu were preserved from the Great Cataclysm by a protective dome, persisted into the Modern Age as the kingdom of Mu, located on an island on the Pacific Ocean somewhere near modern day Hawaii.[1]
Modern Age[]
By the year 1948, high priest Karlak informed the people of Mu that the wreckage of a vessel landed near the dome, and convinced them that they should conquer the surface world. Attempting to capture specimens to examine, they almost succeeded in capturing Namor and Namora, but they two evaded capture. Convinced that the surface people were no match for their kingdom (as despite their physical strength, they were unarmed, Karlak theorized their civilization wasn't far advanced), Karlak led an invasion of the surface. They attacked Pearl Harbor and gained ground on the element of surprise, however the Sub-Mariner, Namora and the United States military forced them back.
Karlak and his men returned to Mu where Karlak petitioned the queen and the royal council to allow him another attack. When they refused, he threatened to kill them with his electric gun, but died in a struggle with Namor. In the aftermath the queen promised to Namor that her people wouldn't threaten the surface world anymore.[1]
Atlantis and Mu share an uneasy relationship.[4]
Society[]
From all accounts, it would appear that the people of Mu lived in a highly intellectual society that was ruled by a queen and her ruling council.[1]
Technology[]
The people of Mu have varied types of technology, ranging from the primitive to the advanced, at least by the standards in which they resurfaced in 1948. They were able to erect a massive dome around their kingdom to protect them from drowning in the ocean, as well as protect them from the oceans crushing pressure. Through some unknown means they had also established a method of maintaining oxygen in their domed world.
The city was accessible through a hatch in the side of the dome. People and objects could be pulled into the domed city through a whirlpool generating device situated at the top of the dome.
In terms of vehicular transports, the people of Mu travelled the oceans in submarines that vaguely resembled Viking warships with glass domes. These vessels did not appear to have any sort of armaments. The people of Mu also developed diving suits that allowed them to survive on the ocean floor.
Weapons available to the people of Mu were the most varied. The primary of these weapons were bows and arrows, but they had developed two types of guns: An ink gun that fired octopus ink from sacks attached to the bottom of the gun, and Karlak had developed an "electric gun" that used electricity in some capacity that was not explicitly depicted.[1]Residents
Notes
- Mu was a hypothetical "lost land", coined by archeologist and author Augustus Le Plongeon as a substitute name for Atlantis. The term was later used as a substitute for Lemuria by James Churchward.[5]
- This version of Mu is distinguished from the continent, as only a city, in the Great Cataclysm's profile in Blockbusters of the Marvel Universe #1.
- The story "The Kingdom Beneath the Sea" (Namora #1) depicts the sinking of the island of Mu as occurring ten thousand years ago.[1] This is an error on the date, given the Great Cataclysm's profile in Blockbusters of the Marvel Universe #1 lists the sinking of Mu in Namora #1 as the earliest key chronicle referenced listed in its infobox.[6]
See Also
Links and References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Namora #1 ; The Kingdom Beneath the Sea
- ↑ Blockbusters of the Marvel Universe #1 ; Great Cataclysm's profile
- ↑ Marvel Atlas #1 ; Lemuria (Deviant)'s profile
- ↑ Marvel Atlas #2 ; Atlantis's profile
- ↑ Mu (lost continent) at Wikipedia
- ↑ Blockbusters of the Marvel Universe #1 ; Great Cataclysm's profile, Key Chronicle