The British fantasy writer T. Pratchett (1948-2015) was famous for his 41 "disc world novels". The scene of the stories is the flat windscreen world, which is worn by 4 elephants, which stand on the tank of a huge sea turtle (called Great a`tuin). Quote: "Diskworld is the fantasy world, yeah, yeah, which goes through space on the back of a gigant turtle". This includes the illustrations of Graham Higgins. The motif was derived from the ancient Indian world view (source: book by Alexander Lauterwasser "The Secret of the Turtle", page 94 - 97). Also the old ones Chinese know such a world turtle, called AO, which carries the mainland on her back. [hint: this is an automatic translation from German]   |   Category: Art books   |   Material: Papier   |   Country of origin: Bavaria, Germany | Similar pieces