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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

Journeyman

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4. It rests on the back of a turtle . . .

Reply to AllaN01Bear (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 14, 2018, 06:37 PM

Oct 2018

or so multiple mythemes told in Hindu, Chinese, and First Nation mythologies. Sometimes, four or five elephants are said to balance it on the back of the turtle.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Turtle

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