A god took the form of this creature during a plan which involved pulling on Vasuki, who was wrapped around Mount Mandura, in order to retrieve important items such as the "cow of abundance" Surabhi and Lakshmi herself via the "churning of the ocean."
In the Popul Vuh, one of these creatures walks by after Camzotz strikes in the House of Bats and becomes the new head for Hunapu. In Japanese myth, Urashima is invited to the court of Ryugu and lingers for three hundred years after catching one of these in a fishing net. The Chinese patron of happiness, Gui Xian, is one, and for mocking Zeus's wedding to Hera, the nymph Chelone was turned into one. A god took the form of this creature during a plan which involved pulling on Vasuki, who was wrapped around Mount Mandura, in order to retrieve important items such as the "cow of abundance" Surabhi and Lakshmi herself via the "churning of the ocean." Akupara is one of these full-time. For 10 points, name these creatures which, in various myth systems, support the universe on their back.
In the Popul Vuh, one of these creatures walks by after Camzotz strikes in the House of Bats and becomes the new head for Hunapu.
{turtle}s or {tortoise}s or so on