What is it about turtles that make humans go "but what if big?"
Dragon turtles, world turtles, genbu, the black turtle of the North, Gamera. Why big turtles?
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5/7 of the world's sea turtle species nest/live throughout Southeast Asia and most of the examples you listed are rooted in SE Asian mythologies/cultures.
Asia (Southeast Asia especially) also has a ton of turtle/tortoise species in general. They're (turtles at least) considered a delicacy in China and other places (
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Turtles/Tortoises are pretty abundant worldwide but idk all the myths & whatnot I know of beyond your examples are majority asian.
In short - because they rock
yeah, i'm gonna guess central asian steppe nomads had fewer turtles in their mythology...