Key Info

- Mythical divine turtle renowned for its intelligence and magical properties

- Stolen and eaten by Samoans, but it's shell was recovered by Tongan heroes

Brief Bio

Sāngone was a mythical turtle of divine origin in Tongan mythology, renowned for its intelligence and magical properties during the 12th-century reign of Tuʻi Tātui. Stolen and eaten by Samoans, the turtle's shell was later recovered by Tongan heroes using riddle-solving, a saga immortalized in the lakalaka composed by Queen Sālote.