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Turtle carapaces and scutes from Red Sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) were used in rings, bracelets, dishes, bowls, knife hilts, amulets, and combs. Carapaces from Kleinmann's tortoise were used as sounding boards for lutes, harps and mandolins. [16] Turtle shells were also used to make norvas, an instrument resembling a banjo. [26]
The World Turtle in Hindu mythology is known as Akūpāra (Sanskrit: अकूपार), or sometimes Chukwa.An example of a reference to the World Turtle in Hindu literature is found in Jñānarāja (the author of Siddhantasundara, writing c. 1500): "A vulture, whichever has only little strength, rests in the sky holding a snake in its beak for a prahara [three hours].
In Greek mythology and folklore, Chelone (Ancient Greek: Χελώνη, romanized: Khelṓnē, lit. 'tortoise, turtle') is an insolent nymph who lived by a running river. Chelone is notable for her transformation myth into a tortoise, an animal that lives in the shell it constantly carries, after refusing to leave her house to attend Zeus ' wedding.
A nervous and superstitious turtle who always relies on fortune cookies. Tooter Turtle: Total Television: Touché Turtle: Touché Turtle: Turtle The Red Turtle: A sea turtle turned into a human Umigame (Turtle) Dragon Ball: A sea turtle who is a companion of Master Roshi. He has a son named Umigame Jr. (Turtle, Jr.) English localized name ...
Ao – the great turtle of early Chinese mythology; Bixi – the son of the Dragon King who supports Chinese stelæ; Cetus in Chinese astronomy – Cetus and Black Tortoise correspond on astrology, and both creatures possess affinities to waters and travel to underworlds to guide people [10] [11] Dragon turtle – a similar creature; Fushigi ...
Bixi, or Bi Xi (Wade–Giles: Pi-hsi), is a figure from Chinese mythology.One of the nine sons of the Dragon King, [citation needed] he is depicted as a dragon with the shell of a turtle.
The six-footed, turtle-shelled tarasque was the form depicted on the city seal of Tarascon around the 15th century, and this held to be the norm in 16th- and 17th-century paintings. As St. Martha purportedly encountered the beast in the act of swallowing a human victim, it has become a stock motif in art to portray the monster swallowing a ...
Chelone (mythology), a nymph in Greek mythology, who appears in Aesop's fable Zeus and the Tortoise. Chelone formation, Greek term for Testudo formation Chelone, a genus of sea turtle in the Cheloniidae family.