Talk:Aang/@comment-27.5.75.159-20110808145729/@comment-31.61.87.181-20110821211000

(After Wikipedia): "In Hinduism, an avatar, Hindi: [ˈəvət̪ɑːr], English: /ˈæv.ə.tɑːr/, (avatāra: Devanagari अवतार, Sanskrit for "descent" [viz., from heaven to earth]) is a deliberate descent of a deity from heaven to earth, or a descent of the Supreme Being (i.e., Vishnu for Vaishnavites) and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation", but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation". (...)"

And A:TLA is just the one of many, many franchises that incorporated "avatar" this way (for instance, see OBAN Star Racers, and Ultima game series). I just find it odd that no one actually realizes, where this term came from in the first place...