Sea Monster - Legendary Sea Monsters

Legendary Sea Monsters

  • The Aspidochelone, a giant turtle or whale that appeared to be an island, and lured sailors to their doom
  • Capricorn, Babylonian Water-Goat, in the Zodiac
  • Cetus
  • Charybdis of Homer, a monstrous whirlpool that sucked any ship nearby
  • Cirein-cròin
  • Coinchenn, from whose bone the Gae Bulg is made in Celtic mythology
  • Hydra, Greece
  • Iku-Turso, reputedly a type of colossal octopus or walrus
  • Jörmungandr, the Norse Midgard Serpent.
  • Kraken, a gigantic octopus, squid or crab-like creature
  • Leviathan
  • Makara
  • Proteus
  • Scylla of Homer, a six-headed, twelve-legged serpentine that devoured six men from each ship that passed by
  • Sirens of Homer
  • Taniwha
  • The Rainbow Fish
  • Tiamat
  • Umibōzu
  • Yacumama, South America

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