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Modern writers have since tried to interpret various sea creatures illustrated as a portrayal of the kraken. [citation needed] Ashton's Curious Creatures (1890) drew significantly from Olaus's work [184] and even quoted the Swede's description of the horned whale. [185]
Terry Brooks' 1985 novel The Wishsong of Shannara features a Kraken as a giant sea creature summoned by "dark magic" to join an assault on a Dwarf fortress. [26] In the children's book Monster Mission (also known as Island of the Aunts) by Eva Ibbotson, the Kraken is a force for good who has the ability to clean and heal the oceans. [27]
Likewise, DNA testing confirmed that an alleged sea monster washed up on Newfoundland in August 2001, was a sperm whale. [3] Another modern example of a "sea monster" was the strange creature washed up in Los Muermos on the Chilean sea shore in July 2003.
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