[Have a synthesized, mechanical-sounding voice.]

I believe that the "world turtle" myth began with the Chinese, and was later adopted by the indigenous people of the American continent. That the world we know is carried on the back of a giant turtle. This place...seems to take the myth to it's next logical step.

As for your other question, I am afraid I do not yet have that information. Though that is hardly surprising, as I just arrived.