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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.
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
Kraken Mare / ˈ k r ɑː k ən ˈ m ɑːr eɪ / is the largest known hydrocarbon sea on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. It was discovered by the space probe Cassini in 2006, and was named in 2008 after the Kraken, a legendary sea monster. [1] It covers an area slightly bigger than the Caspian Sea on Earth, making it the largest known lake ...
The arms ranged in length from 0.85 to 1.15 m (2.8 to 3.8 ft), while the two tentacles were around 2.1 m (6.9 ft) long. [48] The 2007 Ross Sea specimen as it appears now, on display at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Beaks recovered from sperm whale stomachs indicate the existence of animals surpassing even the 2007 Ross Sea specimen.
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.
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 remarkably well-preserved skull of a gigantic pliosaur, a prehistoric sea monster, has been discovered on a beach in the county of Dorset in southern England, and it could reveal secrets about ...