Pandora, whose atmosphere is inhospitable to humans, is inhabited by the Na'vi, 10-foot-tall (3.0 m), blue-skinned, sapient humanoids that live in harmony with nature.
The Na'vi are a fictional indigenous species that live on the fictional world of Pandora in the movie Avatar. They look like humans. They have two eyes, ears, arms, and legs. They also have a nose, a mouth, and expressions that are similar to humans.
Avatar means 'descent, alight, to make one's appearance', and refers to the embodiment of the essence of a superhuman being or a deity in another form.
Created for the extensive world of James Cameron's Avatar, all 20 Na'vi clans bring something unique to the franchise. The Na'vi, whose name translates literally as "the people" in the Na'vi language, are cyan-skinned humanoid species living on the distant moon Pandora.
Using their capability of advanced genetic engineering, humans develop "Avatar" hybrid bodies from genetically distinct modified-human DNA and Na'vi alien genetic material. Through psionics, genetically matched humans are then mind-linked to these "Avatars" for remote control operation.
“Avatar” comes from the Sanskrit word avatāra meaning “descent”. Within Hinduism, it means a manifestation of a deity in bodily form on earth, such as a divine teacher. For those of us who don't practice Hinduism, it technically means “an incarnation, embodiment, or manifestation of a person or idea”.
What is the difference between a Navi and an Avatar?
Avatars retain many of their human traits, like eyebrows and five toes. The most notable difference is that the Na'vi have four fingers, whereas the avatars have five. These distinctions allow each species to discern who is who, as both were naturally distrusting of the other.
And although Avatar was an American production, its creators forged a distinctly Asian world, with influences from monastic Tibet, Thai kingdoms, and Japanese villages, as well as Arctic indigenous communities. This unique approach was not lost on the TV writer Albert Kim when he watched the series with his daughter.
Chakkarai, in his book Jesus the Avatar,2 stated that according to the Christian view Jesus Christ was 'the Avatar of God'. And it has been shown in Chapter 3 how Christ replaced Krishna as a Western Avatar. Jesus was the avatar to end all avatars.
Neither Good nor Evil, this ancient cabal of magical beings acts as a collective in order to achieve their goals. By drawing power from one another and focusing it towards a certain goal, the Avatars can achieve anything they wish to as long as the collective remains untouched and unharmed.
An avatar is a biological shell or clone of a Na'vi-human hybrid, crafted with the combined DNA of a Na'vi and specific human volunteer. Avatars are used to help humans explore Pandora (a moon in the Alpha Centauri star system) without breathing equipment, as the atmosphere on Pandora is toxic to humans.
Comics later reveal that without an outside force such as war acting against them, Avatars tend to live about 150 years. Ultimately, Aang's short life allowed some of the original characters to make appearances in The Legend of Korra, since her time as the Avatar could not start until after his death.
The fully grown avatar is much closer in appearance to the long-limbed Na'vi than to a human. Typical adult size ranges from nine to ten feet (2.75 to 3.0m) tall with blue skin, bioluminescent markings and large eyes with golden irises.
The Dark Avatar, or UnaVaatu in its enlarged form, was the antithesis of the Avatar and was created from the fusion of Vaatu and Unalaq, forming a human embodiment of darkness and chaos.
He is the sixth Toruk Makto and Olo'eyktan of the Omaticaya clan. After his twin brother, Tom, was killed on Earth, Jake agreed to replace him in the Avatar Program on Pandora, in which humans remotely control human/Na'vi hybrids to safely navigate the planet.
After learning that his identical twin brother Tom has died, Jake agrees to replace him in the RDA's Avatar Program on Pandora, where humans remotely control human/Na'vi hybrids to safely navigate the planet.
In Avatar, the Na'vi are an indigenous species that live on Pandora. They are humanoid in appearance and are 9 to 10 feet (2.7 to 3.0 m) tall, having pairs of eyes, ears, arms, legs and feet like humans, as well as a nose, a mouth, and expressions recognizable to humans.
The first reason why Neteyam has four fingers while his siblings all have five fingers might be simple genetics. Since an avatar is a hybrid of Na'vi and human DNA, it's easy to imagine the genes that control the number of digits in the body competing with each other.
Aided by a few sympathetic (human) scientists, Jake successfully leads the Na'vi in battle by driving out the predatory humans. In the film's closing scene, the Na'vi transfer Jake into the avatar body permanently, eradicating his disability and neatly delivering him from his original role as a white colonizer.
When an Avatar dies, the next Avatar will be born into the next nation in the Avatar Cycle. For example, Avatar Yangchen, an Air Nomad, was reincarnated as Avatar Kuruk from the Northern Water Tribe, followed by Avatar Kyoshi from the Earth Kingdom, and Avatar Roku from the Fire Nation.
The Avatar bodies were designed in order for humans to fit in with the indigenous Na'vi of Pandora, so they needed to look like them and share specific characteristics. For this, genetically modified human DNA was mixed with Na'vi genetic material and then grown into a fully-formed body.
