The Mole People story
A party of archaeologists find a race of Sumerian albinos living deep under the Earth.
11 total · 6 major · 5 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| Hollow Earth | major | Dr. Frank Baxter, an English professor at the University of Southern California, briefly discusses the hollow earth theories of John Symmes and Cyrus Teed among others, and says that the movie is a fictionalized representation of these unorthodox theories. In the film, a party of archaeologists find a race of Sumerian albinos living deep under the Earth. |
| mole people | major | The Sumerian albinos enslaved a race of mole men. |
| slavery | major | The Sumerian albinos enslaved a race of mole men. Dr. Roger Bentley and his colleague helped to emancipate them. |
| social oppression | major | The Sumerian albinos ruthlessly oppressed a race of mole men by enslaving them. |
| subterranean civilization | major | A party of archaeologists find a race of Sumerian albinos living deep under the Earth. |
| travel into the Earth | major | A party of archaeologists encountered a race of Sumerian albinos living deep inside the Earth. |
| Ancient Mesopotamian mythology | minor | A race of Sumerian albinos living deep under the Earth worshiped Ishtar. |
| catastrophic flood | minor | Dr. Roger Bentley read the Sumerian flood narrative and said he believed the Biblical flood was real and that the Sumerian described in the narrative had survived the catastrophe. |
| human sacrifice | minor | The Sumerian albinos sacrificed people to Ishtar in order to keep their population at a sustainable level. |
| human vs. environment | minor | An archaeological party undertook a perilous mountain climb. [alpine] |