Living on the back of a sentient creature means that a whole range of sciences unfamiliar to other worlds have developed, such as astropsychology, which is concerned with what the world turtle thinks about, and astrozoology, the study of the anatomy and nature of the Great Turtle and four elephants. ‘Great T’Phon Rising’ by Discworld artist Paul Kidby While this is an excellent legend which could explain the evolution of life on the Disc, in The Light Fantastic we learn that newly born world turtles only have four elephants on their backs, so can surmise that the legend is not true, though the dwarfs of Überwald maintain that there is a grain of truth in it. The force with which it hit the land was enough to split continents, raise mountains and seed the land with organic matter, minerals and precious metals. It careened down through the skies to crash into the Disc in what is now known as the Schmaltzberg Region of Überwald. The Fifth Elephant introduces us to the theory that when the world was young there was a fifth elephant that lost its footing. Some believe that their nerves are made of gold for better connectivity over long distances and their bones are made of rock and iron – not the dead metals and minerals found within the earth, but living rock and iron. The elephants that stand atop its shell are called Tubul, Great T’Phon, Berilia and Jerakeen. ![]() Great A’Tuin is of the species Chelys galactica. The Disc is a flat earth, a circular plane supported by four gigantic elephants which stand on the carapace of Great A’Tuin, the world turtle. ![]() The Discworld has no such predictability or adherence to the laws of physics. Most planets, like our own Roundworld, are spherical bodies that spin on their axis whilst caught in an interplanetary gravitational waltz around a central star. Great A’Tuin by Discworld artist Paul Kidby
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