{"product_id":"niue-akupara","title":"Niue - Akupara","description":"\u003cp\u003eSame world. Same sky. But what holds it up? Akupara – the world turtle in Hindu mythology – begins the series The World: how different cultures imagined the structure of the world, now cast in silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSame world. Same sky. But where does it end – and does something hold it up?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDifferent cultures imagined different answers. Myths gave the world a form and its invisible supports a living shape, transforming questions into stories that could be told and images that could be seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese questions inspired Akupara, the first silver collector coin in the series The World, which explores how different cultures imagined the structure of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated turtle myths take different forms in different cultures: in some North American Indigenous traditions, the land emerges on the back of a turtle, while in Chinese mythology, the legs of a giant turtle support the sky. This coin explores Akupara from Hindu tradition – the world turtle that carries the elephants upon which the inhabited world rests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMountains rise. Rivers flow. Forests turn to ice under the sun and the moon. All life above is dependent on the creatures below. Akupara embodies stability and endurance; the elephants represent strength, support, and the cardinal directions of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe high relief reveals the composition layer by layer, while selective gilding adds warmth to the antique-finished silver. What looks like a landscape becomes an ancient explanation of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkupara invites us to encounter a world imagined through myth – familiar in its life, extraordinary in its foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor one culture, the answer was Akupara. But how many different answers can carry The World?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Opulence by LKL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54296261984603,"sku":"niue-aunited-kingdompara","price":449.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8766\/1403\/files\/hero_f61369fb-316f-4b34-b4e0-667ac39cc916.jpg?v=1791646491","url":"https:\/\/opulence-by-lkl.com\/products\/niue-akupara","provider":"Opulence by LKL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}