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a Norse fish story that grew tentacles, escaped the page, and ate Hollywood
means A legendary sea monster of gigantic size, imagined as a many-tentacled creature lurking off the coasts of Norway and Greenland and capable of dragging whole ships under.
from From Norwegian dialect 'krake' (with the definite form 'kraken,' 'the kraken'), a word that could mean something twisted, gnarled, or sickly. The beast swam into English in the 18th century, helped along by Scandinavian seafarers' tales and the writings of naturalists who half-believed the monster real. The myth likely grew out of genuine sightings of giant squid, whose vast size and writhing arms gave sailors all the horror they needed.
- likely culprit
- giant squid, real and up to 13 meters long
- first sighting
- named in 1700s Norwegian sailor accounts
- eye size
- giant squid eyes rival dinner plates
- naval honor
- a Royal Norwegian submarine bears the name
- deep cover
- colossal squid first filmed alive in 2007
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