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According to artist Herem, Gonakadet myth is found among the Tsimshian, Tlingit and Haida peoples of British Columbia and Alaska and concerns the story of a sea-monster who is a transformed human being. It is a complex and varied story, but for sighting of Gonakadet either in his monster form, or in the form of his splendid undersea house which ...
Devil's Lake Monster Fresh Water Octopus [10] Lake Tota Boyacá Colombia: South America: Diablo Ballena (Devil Whale), Monster of Lake Tota: A huge black fish, bigger than a whale, with the head of a bull. [11] 1652– Lake Elsinore California USA: North America: Elsie, Hamlet, Lake Elsinore Monster Cross between a plesiosaur and a sea serpent ...
The story of Rannamaari has two main versions, the traditional version and the one told by Ibn Batuta. According to the Moroccan traveller Ibn Batuta, who visited the Maldives during his journeys through Asia, [citation needed] Rannamaari, the notorious sea demon that haunted the people of the Maldives since time began.
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters; Sea Serpent as depicted in C.S. Lewis' novel, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and its 2010 film adaptation, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The Meg, the giant moray eel Great Abaia, and the giant squid Lusca. The Great are 3 sea monsters featured as bosses in the survival video game ...
Hafgufa (Old Norse: haf "sea" + Old Norse: gufa "steam"; [2] [3] "sea-reek"; [a] [5] "sea-steamer" [6]) is a sea creature, purported to inhabit Iceland's waters (Greenland Sea) and southward toward Helluland. Although it was thought to be a sea monster, research suggests that the stories originated from a specialized feeding technique among ...
In Nordic mythology, Jörmungandr (or Midgarðsormr) was a sea serpent or worm so long that it encircled the entire world, Midgard. [4] Sea serpents also appear frequently in later Scandinavian folklore, particularly in that of Norway, such as an account that in 1028 AD, Saint Olaf killed a sea serpent in Valldal in Norway, throwing its body onto the mountain Syltefjellet.
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The Sea Monster, 25.2 × 18.7 cm. The Sea Monster (German: Das Meerwunder) is a c. 1498–1500 copper engraving by the German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer. It shows a voluptuous naked woman riding on the back of a merman, a male creature who is half-man, half-fish. The man wears a beard and antlers, while his lower body is covered in ...