It is difficult now to establish a time-table for the process in which turtles were mythologized, but from their use by ancient kings to their use by modern fortune tellers, there are connections and continuity between all the various legends relating to turtles, with each being one link in the chain of divine turtle culture.
靈龜被神聖化的過程，今天很難詳細排列出時間表，但正如由古代帝王實行龜卜，到民間廣以龜甲算命，各種烏龜有關的神話、信仰、儀式，彼此有淵源，有承續性，都是中國靈龜文化的一環。