The Lion Turtle from Avatar: The Last Airbender I had a standard childhood. I played with dolls, had some close friends, ate too much mac and cheese, which I still do, and of course: watched an unholy amount of television. I did other things, of course, but looking back I realize that a lot of it was to heighten my imagination and understanding of the world. Books, movies, writing— anything that could help me escape from the real world. I thought the prime example of that was a TV show called Avatar: The Last Airbender . One important scene in the entire 3 season TV series was the meeting with the lion turtle— a seemingly all knowing being providing wisdom, guidance, and spiritual powers to help guide the protagonist to defeat the “evil” in a peaceful way— a way to demonstrate that there must always be balance (a “good” and “evil”) in the world. Sound familiar? The turtle from “ The World on the Turtle’s Back ” This plot line of an all-knowing large turtle bei...
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