In James Cameron’s Avatar, Eywa is the name of Pandora’s sentient planetary network. The Na’vi understand Eywa as a guiding and living presence connecting the moon’s organisms.
This connection is represented through biological neural links. Na’vi can connect with animals and certain plants using tendrils at the ends of their queues, while sacred sites such as the Tree of Souls allow larger communal connections. The film presents Pandora’s ecology as an interconnected system rather than a collection of isolated species.
Eywa is often described as a goddess because the Na’vi’s relationship with it has spiritual language, but the film also gives the network a biological and ecological dimension. Toruk is a giant flying predator, while atokirina’ are small floating seeds associated with the sacred willow.