Four Worlds (Hopi Cosmology)

Referenced in 1 episode

Definition

The Hopi belief that humanity has lived through earlier worlds destroyed because of moral corruption, and that we now live in the Fourth World, which will also end.

Related episodes

The Last Sign: 3I/ATLAS and the Hopi Blue Star

The Why FilesOct 30, 2026

The Why Files examines the Hopi prophecy of nine signs said to come before the end of the world, a prophecy reportedly shared by a Hopi elder named White Feather in 1958. The episode traces how earlier signs, from covered wagons and railroads to power lines and hippies, have allegedly come true, and recounts the elders' 1992 warning at the United Nations. It then asks whether 3I/ATLAS, an object from another solar system that swung around the Sun in 2025 and began glowing blue, could be the final sign: the Blue Star.

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