This creature was associated with Tool-ba, the foolish uncle of the Abenaki culture hero Glooscap.
This creature was associated with Tool-ba, the foolish uncle of the Abenaki culture hero Glooscap. The Chinese goddess Nü-Gua cut off the legs of one of these creatures to prop up the four cardinal points, and Apollo assumed this form to get Dryope to put him in her lap. In Balinese myth, Bedawang Nala is a gigantic one that supports the earth, and in Hindu myth, during the churning of the ocean Mount Mandara rested on the curved back of one of these animals. Vishnu's second avatar, Kurma, was an example of, FTP, this animal whose shell provided the body for Hermes's lyre.
This creature was associated with Tool-ba, the foolish uncle of the Abenaki culture hero Glooscap.
{tortoise} or {turtle}