Why in Database: The motif of “turtle carrying the world on its shell” has been present in human culture for a long time, today mostly popular in form of Terry Pratchet’s Discworld. In one form or another, this theme can also be found in comics, below we present list about them.
Buddha 02 – The Four Encounters: This comic book mentions the concept of the world resting on the backs of three elephants that stand on the back of a turtle. You can see them on two frames.
Fables #096: In this comic, a slightly different version appears, in form of a turtle with a cup on its back. But it contains a kind of “world”, so it fits this set. You can see him in two frames.
Fables #113: In this comic, a female character is turned into a turtle – as a punishment. A cup containing her soul and her entire kingdom is placed on her back, to teach her to be responsible for herself and for her people. The turtle is visible on the cover and on two pages in the comic. It is unclear if this turtle has anything to do with that in Fables #096, their appearance is difrent.
Fables #122: The story of the turtle from # 113 continues, he appears intensely on four pages, where he talks to a wolf.
Fables #123: Continuation of the previous issue, seven pages with the turtle explaining various thing to the wolf.
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