In Hinduism, Akupara's the World Turtle who carries the world on his back. It upholds the earth and the sea. References in Fiction The Discworld series of novels by Terry Pratchett take place on a fictional world on the back of a giant turtle. In Stephen King's Dark Tower series, the guardian of an energy beam supporting the Dark Tower's a Turtle named "Maturin". It'd this poem dedicated to it: » See the TURTLE of enormous girth! On his shell he holds the earth. » His thought's slow but alway… (More on Akupara)