World Turtle
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world-turtle-169-3915998
title:
World Turtle
text:
The World Turtle, also called the Cosmic Turtle or the World-bearing Turtle, is a mytheme of a giant turtle supporting or containing the world. It occurs in Hindu mythology, Chinese mythology, and the mythologies of some of the indigenous peoples of the Americas. The comparative mythology of the World-Tortoise discussed by Edward Burnett Tylor (1878:341) includes the counterpart World Elephant.
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Giant turtle supporting or containing the world
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Turtle
date created:
2009-05-29T21:22:44Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T09:07:58Z
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