What is the culture that believes that the earth is on a turtles back?

Answer 1

Many American Indian early histories tell of events that took place on this Turtle continent (North America) long before any so-called ice age:
"In the creation story, the earth began to grow after the muskrat brought mud from the bottom of the sea and placed it on the back of the turtle. Life was created from the earth. The earth is a representation of what we refer to as the world and the turtle has the earth on its back. The turtle has all the responsibility of the shifting of the earth and the cycles of the moon. The Turtle Clan responsibility is looking after our environment.
Turtle: Environment A'nowalu
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Lacota flood stories
"Finally, the Creating Power took the turtle from his pipe bag and urged it to bring back some mud.

"Turtle stayed under the water for so long that everyone was sure it had drowned. Then, with a splash, the turtle broke the water's surface! Mud filled its feet and claws and the cracks between its upper and lower shells. Singing, the Creating Power shaped the mud in his hands and spread it on the water, where it was just big enough for himself and the crow. He then shook two long eagle wing feathers over the mud until earth spread wide and varied, overcoming the waters. Feeling sadness for the dry land, the Creating Power cried tears that became oceans, streams, and lakes. He named the new land Turtle Continent in honor of the turtle who provided the mud from which it was formed."
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"Turtles are considered temporary dwelling places for souls making their way through a series of lives on the path to Nirvana. The turtle is considered to be the second incarnation of the powerful god Vishnu in the Hindu religion. After a great flood, which occurs every four billion years and dissolves the earth, Vishnu transforms himself into a great turtle. On his back, he carries a vessel in which the gods and demons mix the elements necessary to re-create the globe. After a thousand years, when the earth has been reborn, the turtle remains in place, and on his back stands a large elephant, which support the planet."

Answer 2

A round heaven atop a square earth is symbolized in the form of the turtle and situates China, the Middle Kingdom, as the center of the world. Looking at a Dragon Bone divination, scored by means of a hot iron scored into the turtle's breast bone, the plastron, a sage would derive Chinese logographs as answers to his hypotheses. Sacrifices including humans were placed in urns or vases. This plastron comes from a water turtle and metaphorically simulates the land mass of China, Jong Qua, the Middle Kingdom. Therefore, artifacts, like the turtle underbelly, symbolize China in the cosmos. Graves followed this same pattern, as does the ya logograph designating one's title, synonymous with the English word "Lord."

Answer 3

That sounds remarkably similar to a book written by Terry Pratchet called Small Gods.

Answer 4

i've never heard that one, but i took world religions this year and there was a culture who believed that the world was the back of a crocodile resting in a pool of water...ok that's not really an answer but i thought it was interesting...

Answer 5

Mayans

Answer 6

Native American

Answer 7

Iroquis nation

Answer 8

that's a native-american folklore. I'm not sure which ones believed in it