World Turtle Kinetic LEGO Sculpture

A kinetic LEGO sculpture of the World Turtle, or Cosmic Turtle. Rotating the world at the top of the model drives a mechanism that makes the turtle appear to swim. Building instructions can be found at The World Turtle is a common mythical theme where the earth moves through the universe on the top of four elephants carried by a giant turtle. This concept was also used by Terry Pratchett for Great A’Tuin, the setting for is popular Discworld series of novels. Instagr