Images of the World Turtle from different cultures around the world

Images of the World Turtle from different cultures around the world

Many Native American creation myths revolve around the turtle as one that's carrying the world on its shell. Grapes of Wrath has a chapter devoted to a turtle which seems quixotic at first, but taking into account the Native American relationship to the land and animals, as well as understanding their incorporation of those elements into their mythology, the reader can understand the Joads' relationship to the land as similar to the Native Americans.

A human-turtle sculpture from Central America.
Artist rendering of Hindu god taking the form of a turtle to carry the world on his back.
A Madrid Codex, depicts the three hearth stones of creation on the turtle; and Guatemalan turtle carving: one facing north, another facing south

Ellen Lloyd

http://www.messagetoeagle.com/myths-and-legends-reveal-ancient-turtle-worship-linked-to-the-creation-of-the-world/

August 29, 2015