Turtle symbolism for new film

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I am fascinated by this films symbolism/mythology so far.. We keep seeing the same Turtle symbol in different promo.

Look at the tattoo on Mikey's left shoulder



and now on Splinter's clothing



and again, in this early promo poster from Legacy Effects



Although the possibility remains that this could all be meaningless, I'd like to think otherwise. With the scroll and everything else.. I think we'll find out soon enough what this symbol symbolizes. My thoughts are that it has something to do with the Turtles we see in the scroll. For some reason this also makes me think of reincarnation and the IDW comic.

I did some searching around and found this cool little passage on Turtle lore,

Ancient Symbolism of The Turtle


The Turtle is an ancient symbol that represents creation, endurance, strength, stability, longevity, fertility, and innocence. The Turtle also provides protection, good fortune , and brings happiness and good omens.

One of the four Chinese sacred animals (among the dragon, the phoenix, and the unicorn), the ever adapting turtle is a creature of both land and sea and can thrive in any environment.

In Asian myth the turtle represents order and was thought to have created the entire universe from it's body parts. The heavens were formed from the shell, the earth was created from it's body and it's undershell was the underworld.

In American Indian culture, the turtle represents the caring wisdom of the ancient ones and is respected for it's protective strength.

The Turtle is considered to be the oldest, most sacred symbol of the Anishinabe and Haudenosaunee people. They believed that North America was created on the back of a turtle.

I thought it was kinda cool.. " creation, endurance, strength, stability, longevity, fertility, and innocence"
"the turtle represents the caring wisdom of the ancient ones and is respected for it's protective strength"

Any thoughts on what this turtle symbol might represent?