it kind of means that Hermes is associated with the tortoise. he used it a shell of a tortoise to create a lyre (an instrument, like a harp) hope this helps..
Yes, tortoises have scales on their legs and heads. These scales are made of keratin, the same material found in human fingernails, and provide protection for the tortoise.
feathers
Master Oogway from Kung Fu Panda was a Galápagos tortoise.
A tortoise has four legs.
The tortoise with a Pretty Daughter
Hermes created the first lyre by using string over a tortoise shell.
Hermes changed the nymph Khelone into a tortoise for not going to the wedding of Zeus and Hera. Hermes also made from a tortoise shell the lyre he traded to Apollo for cattle.
Hermes is represented by a rooster and/or a tortoise.
His symbol is the tortoise because when he was very young, he sneaked out of the cave that his mother and him were sleeping. While he was walking, he saw a tortoise and he killed the tortoise. After, he used the tortoise's shell to make a lyre.
Hermes gave Apollo the lyre, a musical instrument made from a tortoise shell.
Hermes' sacred animal are a tortoise and rooster.
roosters, tortoise, caduceus, talaria, and a lyre
the tortoise i guess because its his sacred animal
he found an empty tortoise shell, an strung it, thus inventing the lyre.
The Hermes symbols include the rooster and the tortoise, his purse or pouch, winged sandals, and held in his left hand, the herald's staff. See the related link.
He traded Hermes his entire herd of cows and his magic scepter for it. Since he is the god of music, he just had to have it.
caduceus, kerykeion, talaria, petasos, tortoise, lyre, rooster, chlamy's cloak