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The kraken (/ ˈ k r ɑː k ən /) [6] is a legendary sea monster of enormous size, per its etymology something akin to a cephalopod, said to appear in the sea between Norway and Iceland. It is believed that the legend of the Kraken may have originated from sightings of giant squid , which may grow to 12–15 m (40–50 feet) in length.
A comparison is made between the Kraken, and a barnacle (albeit one big enough to be mistaken for an island). [28] In Michael Crichton's posthumous 2009 novel Pirate Latitudes the sailors call the large sea creature that terrorizes the protagonist's ship "the kraken". [29]
The NROL-39 mission patch, depicting the National Reconnaissance Office as an octopus with a long reach. Cephalopods, usually specifically octopuses, squids, nautiluses and cuttlefishes, are most commonly represented in popular culture in the Western world as creatures that spray ink and use their tentacles to persistently grasp at and hold onto objects or living creatures.
English translators of Sekien regard the "long thing" appearing out of the sea, not as the entire body of the sea-serpent like creature, but as a single strand of long "tendril" (tentacle) of the monster, suggesting this may be an imported lore of the kraken, a legendary giant cephalopod creature. [6]
Kraken (Scandinavian) – Sea monster; Krasnoludek – Little people nature spirits; Krasue (Southeast Asian) – Vampiric, floating head; Krampus – Christmas Devil who punishes badly-behaved children; Kting Voar (Southeast Asian) – Snake eating cattle; Kuarahy Jára – Forest spirit
It has a circular body shape and about 240 tentacles. Its most distinctive feature is its bright red, “cross-shaped” stomach. Photos show the St. George’s cross medusa jellyfish in an aquarium.
Fire up your imagination: Dragons to roar at Roger Williams Park Zoo The animatronic figures include mermaids, a Loch Ness Monster, griffins and unicorns. They can move, roar, and some even ...
A video shows the long creature with tentacles and large eyes floating through the water and excreting a cloud of greenish-yellow ink. “Note the abstract shapes made by the squid inking: Squids ...