'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Film Gets New Title
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Aang will hit the big screen with a movie that bears his name for the first time in Nickelodeon and Paramount's film set for January 2026.
  • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

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

    • AnExerciseInFallingEnglish
      9·
      2 months ago

      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