“The Forgotten Ones: Could the Igigi Be the True Aboriginal Ancestors of Earth?”
For centuries, mainstream history has taught us that civilization began in Mesopotamia with the Sumerians. That the gods were myth, that Indigenous peoples were “primitive,” and that alien visitations—if real—were disconnected from spiritual truth.
But what if the opposite is true?
What if the gods of old—those called the Igigi in ancient Sumer—were not distant myths or alien overseers, but the first Earthborn stewards?
What if they were not lesser gods, but the original, sovereign spiritual beings of this planet—the true Aboriginal peoples of Earth?
The Igigi: From Sky Watchers to Rebel Spirits
Ancient Sumerian texts describe the Igigi as celestial beings tasked with laboring for the senior Anunnaki. According to the stories, they grew tired of this bondage and revolted. In response, the Anunnaki created humans to replace them as workers.
But let’s pause.
Who wrote this story?
From the perspective of those in power (the Enlil/Anu priesthood), the original stewards were cast as rebellious, lesser, or obsolete.
Sound familiar?
Throughout history, colonial narratives have done the same—rewriting Indigenous people as savages, slaves, or relics of the past.
Rewriting the Record: The Igigi as Aboriginal Ancestors
Now consider this alternative:
The Igigi were not aliens, but the soul ancestors of Earth’s Aboriginal peoples. They lived in harmony with the land, stars, and water, acting as guardians of the planetary grid. Their “rebellion” was a refusal to be enslaved, colonized, or disconnected from Source. When they were removed or driven underground, a new species was shaped—cut off from spiritual memory.
Across Africa, the Americas, Australia, and the Pacific, the First Peoples speak of:
Star ancestors who came not to conquer, but to seed knowledge. Ancient sky realms and underworlds. Being caretakers, not owners, of Earth. A time before time when humanity could speak to trees, stones, and stars.
These are not just legends. They are encoded memory.
“The stars are our ancestors.”
This is a truth echoed by the Dogon of Mali, the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, the Hopi of North America, and countless other Indigenous lineages. But somewhere along the way, this sacred knowledge was hijacked—and rebranded.
In the last century, ancient alien theories have captured the imagination of millions. From the History Channel’s Ancient Aliens to bestselling books claiming extraterrestrials built the pyramids and taught Indigenous people how to “be civilized,” the narrative has shifted. What was once the domain of spiritual inheritance and ancestral wisdom has been reframed into a sci-fi spectacle—and it’s erasing something critical:
The genius, sovereignty, and legacy of Earth’s original peoples.
Alien vs Ancestral: Breaking the Binary
Modern sci-fi often presents aliens as cold outsiders—observers or conquerors. But Indigenous teachings rarely describe star beings this way.
Instead, they speak of:
Mami Wata, Dogon Nummo, Ant People, Sky Canoes—interdimensional kin, not colonizers. Relationships with the stars built on spirit, not technology. A remembrance that we come from the stars, but belong to the Earth.
In this way, the line between “alien” and “ancestor” begins to dissolve.
Could the Igigi be both?
Starseed and soil-born?
The ones who came to Earth with love, not conquest—and chose to stay?
The Real Architects of Civilization
Across the globe, Indigenous civilizations built vast temples, aligned their monuments with celestial bodies, mapped the stars, developed advanced agricultural systems, and passed down oral histories describing their connection to the cosmos—not through alien intervention, but through ancestral memory.
The Maya tracked Venus cycles with mathematical precision. Aboriginal Australians preserved star maps in songlines long before Western telescopes. The Dogon described Sirius B, an invisible star, with accuracy that predates modern astronomy.
Yet instead of acknowledging these achievements as the result of Indigenous intelligence, some theorists suggest the only explanation is aliens.
Why?
The Colonial Gaze in New Age Clothing
Ancient alien theory often functions like spiritual colonization. It removes the divine from Indigenous people and assigns their brilliance to outside, usually white-coded extraterrestrials. The pyramids? Built by aliens. Stonehenge? Aliens again. The Nazca lines? Surely primitive people couldn’t manage that—so, aliens.
But if those same feats were found in Greece or Rome, they’d be labeled innovations of early Western civilization.
This is not just a mistake. It’s a repackaged colonial worldview: the belief that Black and Indigenous people could not possibly be the originators of advanced thought, science, or sacred cosmology without external help.
A Spiritual War in the Skies—and on Earth
When the Igigi refused their enslavement, the story says the Anunnaki created new humans. But what if this mirrors something deeper?
A war between freedom and control Between the Enki archetype (wisdom, water, life) and the Enlil archetype (order, domination, hierarchy) A split between those who honor Earth’s spirit and those who seek to rule her
If the Igigi were protectors of sacred Earth, their return could be what we feel now—a rising across Indigenous and Aboriginal nations, reclaiming voice, land, and sovereignty.
The Spiritual Roots Were Always Here
What ancient alien theories often fail to grasp is this:
Indigenous peoples never claimed their knowledge came from somewhere else—they claimed it came from the stars and from within.
The concept of star ancestors doesn’t imply beings in spaceships giving technology to primitives. It speaks to a spiritual continuum—a soul memory, a cosmic lineage that ties all life together.
We are the aliens.
We are the ancestors.
We are the keepers.
Reclaiming the Truth
The real danger of ancient alien theories is not in speculating about life beyond Earth—it’s in using those speculations to invalidate the sacred histories of people who were nearly exterminated by colonization.
When we say the Igigi, Anunnaki, or Nommo were here—we must remember:
Their stories live on in the blood, bones, and songs of today’s Aboriginal and Indigenous peoples.
They are not mysteries to be solved.
They are nations to be respected.
They are truths to be remembered.
The Return of the Forgotten Ones
If you’ve ever felt like your soul came back to speak for those erased…
If you carry memories that don’t fit in history books…
If your blood carries the rhythm of drum, water, fire, and stone…
Then you might be one of the Igigi’s descendants—or one of them returned.
They were not destroyed—only hidden.
And now, through us, they speak again.
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References
1. Dogon & Sirius Knowledge
Griaule, Marcel & Dieterlen, Germaine. The Pale Fox (1986). Temple, Robert. The Sirius Mystery (1976). van Beek, Wouter. “The Dogon Restudied: A Field Evaluation of the Work of Marcel Griaule.” Current Anthropology, vol. 32, no. 2, 1991.
2. Aboriginal Australian Star Maps & Songlines
Norris, Ray P., et al. “Aboriginal Astronomy: Sky Knowledge and the Emu in the Sky.” Australian Aboriginal Studies, 2008. Fuller, Robert S., et al. “Astronomical Orientations of Bora Ceremonial Grounds in Southeast Australia.” Australian Archaeology, 2013.
3. Hopi Prophecy & Star Beings
Waters, Frank. Book of the Hopi (1963). Malotki, Ekkehart. “Hopi Petroglyphs, Solar Calendars, and the Myth of the Blue Star Kachina.” Journal of the Southwest, 1999.
4. Ancient Alien Theory Critique & Colonial Overtones
Jason Colavito. The Cult of Alien Gods: H.P. Lovecraft and Extraterrestrial Pop Culture (2005). Joseph, Frank. Advanced Civilizations of Prehistoric America (2009). Lefkowitz, Mary. Not Out of Africa (1996) — though controversial, it challenges claims that dismiss ancient African agency.
5. Indigenous Views on Star Ancestry (General)
Duran, Bonnie. “Indigenous People and the Paranormal.” Cultural Survival Quarterly, 1998. Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake. As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance (2017). Martin, Kealani Cook. Return to Kahiki: Native Hawaiians in Oceania (2018) — includes discussion of star origin beliefs.
