Don't look now, but according to some, we are living on the back of a giant turtle. We might also be living on the back of an elephant or a serpent, but let's stick with
turtles for now, because the Cosmic Turtle is the most widely recognized "belief" in this particular category.
The Great Turtle myth was first brought to the public's attention in the 17th century, after a man named Jasper Danckaerts learned of it from several tribes of Native Americans he encountered. The Native Americans, however, are not the only ones who believed that the world rested on the shell of a giant turtle, as the myth is also prevalent in Chinese and Indian culture. All we know is that if we have to live on the back of a giant turtle, we hope he's got a lot more Michelangelo in him that Raphael, because sure, he's cool, but he's also just so rude.
