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'''Avatar: The Last Airbender''' is also the title of an animated television series which airs on Nickelodeon. | '''Avatar: The Last Airbender''' is also the title of an animated television series which airs on Nickelodeon. | ||
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Revision as of 18:55, May 30, 2010
Avatar is the incarnation or incarnated manifestation of a Hindu deity, a theory both characteristic of Vishnuism and marking a new epoch in the religious development of India.[1]
Recently, the term avatar has been used to signify "an interactive representation of a human in a virtual reality environment",[2] that is, an online persona used in computer gaming or internet communities.
Avatar: The Last Airbender is also the title of an animated television series which airs on Nickelodeon.
There's a hit movie out now called Avatar (2010), by James Cameron (of Titanic fame).[3]
Notes
- ↑ Nuttall Encyclopedia of General Knowledge, article on Avatar originally published in 1907 written by Reverend James Wood
- ↑ http://www.case.edu/help/webglossary.html
- ↑ Decent Films review of Avatar
