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Monsters supposed to live in the ocean as drawn on old maps

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Monsters supposed to live in the ocean as drawn on old maps

"Nereids and Sea Monsters" — Gayley, 1893

Nereids

"Nereids and Sea Monsters" — Gayley, 1893

Kraken are legendary sea monsters of gargantuan size, said to have dwelt off the coasts of Norway and Iceland. Kraken is the definite article form of krake, a Scandinavian word designating an unhealthy animal, or something twisted. Pen and wash drawing by malacologist Pierre Dénys de Montfort, 1801, from the descriptions of French sailors reportedly attacked by such a creature off the coast of Angola.

Kraken Sea Monster

Kraken are legendary sea monsters of gargantuan size, said to have dwelt off the coasts of Norway and…