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"Avatar: The Last Airbender" film gets new title — "The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender” (www.thewrap.com)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Did the name “avatar” make sense in the context of the show? I didn’t think so.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

From the avatar wiki:

The term "Avatar" comes from the Sanskrit word avatāraḥ (अवतारः), which means "descent". In Hinduism, Vishnu manifests himself as an avatar to restore balance on earth, during a period of imbalance.

And there's a lot of overlap with Hindi Avatars in general: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar.

So pretty apt if you ask me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Gotcha. I was only familiar with the avatars if the digital form.