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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.
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 ...
Buoy, said to be a nephew of the Fremont Troll, is a 6-foot (1.8 m) tall blue sea troll.His hair is "a nod to hockey flow and the waves of Puget Sound," said Lamont Buford, the Kraken's vice president of entertainment experience and production.
In the film the monster is a kraken, a giant squid-like sea monster in Norse mythology, rather than the whale-like Cetos of Greek mythology. Perseus defeats the sea monster by showing it Medusa's face to turn it into stone, rather than by using his magical sword, and rides Pegasus. [52] The 2010 remake with the same title, adapts the original ...
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 ...
The Kraken, Norse sea monster. WGPSN: Ligeia Mare ... Maps of Titan's polar regions based on images from Cassini's ISS showing hydrocarbon lakes and seas. Bodies of ...
The world’s oldest known wild bird has sparked “special joy” among scientists after she laid an egg – her first in four years – at the age of 74.
[nb 13] In particular, "sea monster" sightings—many of which have been attributed to giant squid by various authors—fall short of this standard. [ nb 14 ] Compositing and other forms of photo manipulation have been used to perpetrate hoaxes involving giant squid and these are occasionally circulated as records of actual news events, often ...