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  2. Stoor worm - Wikipedia

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    The name stoor worm may be derived from the Old Norse Storðar-gandr, an alternative name for Jörmungandr, the world or Midgard Serpent of Norse mythology, [1] [2] Stoor or stour was a term used by Scots in the latter part of the 14th century to describe fighting or battles; it could also be applied to "violent conflicts" of the weather elements. [3]

  3. List of fictional worms - Wikipedia

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    The Worm of Sockburn, of 14th-century English legend. The Worm of Linton, of 12th-century Scottish legend. The Laidley Worm of Bamburgh. The Mongolian Death Worm, a cryptozoological creature reported to exist in the Gobi Desert. The Stoor worm, of Orcadian folklore. Minhocão (legendary creature) - an earthworm or fish-like creature of ...

  4. Category:Scottish legendary creatures - Wikipedia

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  5. List of dragons in mythology and folklore - Wikipedia

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    Of Northumbrian legend. Worm hill dragon: 700 AD the Anglo-Saxons settled and called it "Wruenele" this translates as "Wruen" worm, reptile or dragon and "ele" hill. According to local folklore the hill at Knotlow was the lair of a dragon and the terraces around it were made by the coils of its tail. Knotlow is an ancient volcanic vent and this ...

  6. Cirein-cròin - Wikipedia

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    Ceirean, [1] Cirein-cròin [1] or cionarain-crò [2] was a large sea monster in Scottish Gaelic folklore. An old saying claims that it was so large that it fed on seven whales: Local folklores say this huge animal can disguise itself as a small silver fish when fishermen came in contact with it. [3]

  7. Worm of Linton - Wikipedia

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    The Linton Worm is a mythical beast referred to in a Scottish Borders legend dating back to the 12th century. " Wyrm " is the Old English for serpent . A 12th-century writer believed it to be "In length three Scots yards and bigger than an ordinary man’s leg – in form and callour to our common muir edders."

  8. Assipattle and the Stoor Worm - Wikipedia

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    Assipattle and the Stoor Worm is an Orcadian folktale relating the battle between the eponymous hero and a gigantic sea serpent known as the stoor worm. The tale was preserved by 19th-century antiquarian Walter Traill Dennison , and retold by another Orcadian folklorist, Ernest Marwick , in a 20th-century version that integrates Dennison's ...

  9. Germanic dragon - Wikipedia

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    Worm, wurm or wyrm (Old English: wyrm, Old Norse: ormʀ, ormr, Old High German: wurm), meaning serpent, are archaic terms for dragons (Old English: draca, Old Norse: dreki, Old High German: trahho) in the wider Germanic mythology and folklore, in which they are often portrayed as large venomous snakes and hoarders of gold.

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