Turtle Facts

Turtle Fact #2

Chelone: Another term for Turtle.
According to Servius, the myth goes that when all the gods, men, and animals were invited by the divine messenger Hermes to attend the wedding of the king and queen of the gods, Zeus and Hera, the river-dwelling nymph Chelone alone remained at home, to show her disregard of the solemnity. But Hermes then descended from Mount Olympus, threw Chelone's house, which stood on the bank of a river, together with the nymph, into the water and transformed her into a lazy tortoise, who had henceforth to carry her house on her back.🐢🏠❤️
-Text from Dad