What is it about turtles that make humans go “but what if big?”
Dragon turtles, world turtles, genbu, the black turtle of the North, Gamera. Why big turtles?
What is it about turtles that make humans go “but what if big?”
Dragon turtles, world turtles, genbu, the black turtle of the North, Gamera. Why big turtles?
5/7 of the world’s sea turtle species nest/live throughout Southeast Asia and most of the examples you listed are rooted in SE Asian mythologies/cultures.
Asia (Southeast Asia especially) also has a ton of turtle/tortoise species in general. They’re (turtles at least) considered a delicacy in China and other places (
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Turtles/Tortoises are pretty abundant worldwide but idk all the myths & whatnot I know of beyond your examples are majority asian.
In short - because they rock
yeah, i’m gonna guess central asian steppe nomads had fewer turtles in their mythology…