The Civilization Instructor Archetype

Key Findings

• 1.12 cultures describe post-catastrophe teachers arriving (often from water) to restart civilization
• 2.The "aquatic teacher" motif (Oannes, Viracocha, Quetzalcoatl, Nommo) spans 4 continents independently
• 3.All instructor figures bring the same package: agriculture, astronomy, writing, medicine, law
• 4.The Younger Dryas boundary (12,800 BP) provides a plausible catastrophe origin for all narratives