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== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==
* Mythologies from around the world came up with the idea of Earth as the body of a large creature, sometimes called a [[World Turtle]], often swimming in a cosmic ocean that predates the Earth, with the sky as another ocean above the firmament of stars.
* The mythologies of several Native American and First Nations cultures tell of a giant tortoise that rose out of the sea when animals needed land to live on. In fact, the Iroquois Creation Myth has the ''entire planet'' as just one really big turtle in an infinite sea. [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/turtle-island Some current-day Native Americans and First Nations peoples prefer to use "Turtle Island" instead of "North America"], making them the [[Trope Namer]]; you'll hear the name used on the [[CBC]] Radio show ''Reclaimed''.
* One of the most famous early examples would be the island in the tales of ''[[Sinbad the Sailor]]'', which he discovered was on the back of a whale. Before they realize what it is, the crew find many rare fruits and plants on the surface. Due to the fact that he's possibly [[Doom Magnet|the]] [[The Everyman|unluckiest]] [[Unfazed Everyman|man]] of his time, his entire crew manages to escape ([[Doom Magnet|the only time they ever]], however), and he gets left behind when the whale submerges and is lost at sea for years.
* Supposedly the origin for the island of Bohol in the Philippines (you can find it as a little spec at the heart of the archipelago) is that a woman fell from the sky, so a turtle turned itself into an island that she could live on. [[It Makes Sense in Context]], sort of.
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