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[[File:Release_the_Kraken_by_GENZOMAN.jpg|thumb|330px|Kraken in mythology]][[File:Kraken.jpg|thumb|The Kraken attacking a ship]][[File:21870.jpg|thumb]][[File:Kraken_attack.jpg|thumb|A painting of a '''Kraken''' "attack".]] |
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==Appearance== |
==Appearance== |
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==Powers & Abilities== |
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*'''Superhuman Strength''' - The Kraken is a creature of staggering Titanic strength. It can tear apart whole fleets of ships. It has been seen to lift ships high into the air with its limbs. It can squash humans and rip apart cities with its might. |
*'''Superhuman Strength''' - The Kraken is a creature of staggering Titanic strength. It can tear apart whole fleets of ships. It has been seen to lift ships high into the air with its limbs. It can squash humans and rip apart cities with its might. |
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Revision as of 00:18, 6 June 2013
Kraken in mythology
The Kraken attacking a ship
A painting of a Kraken "attack".
The Kraken is a mythological beast from Norse and Greek mythology, said to have been sighted off the coasts of Norway and Greenland.
Appearance
The Kraken has also been discribed as both a giant squid of monstrous proportions and even in some stories as a great island-fish or turtle that masquerades as a land-mass that mysteriously disappears overnight. Also, the legend of the Kraken has even been attributed to sightings of prehistoric remnants of creatures thought extinct, such as the Elasmosaurus, or the Megalodon.
Kraken have been mistaken for North Atlantic giant squid that regularly come up against sperm whales. The problem with this assumption is that the Kraken as a mythological figure is much larger than even the 30-foot long giant squid. However, squids having no skeleton thus no growth limit, some assume that 100 to 150 ft long -or more- specimen could explain all the legends, testimonies and large wounds observed on old sperm whales. A massive, 60 foot tentacle that washed ashore in the late 1800's suggests that there may be massive squids lurking in the bowels of our seas. See the extensive studies of famous cryptozoologist Bernard Heuvelmans on the matter.
Powers & Abilities
- Longevity - Though not truely immortal, the Kraken has an infinite lifespan and is not subect to old age.
- Superhuman Strength - The Kraken is a creature of staggering Titanic strength. It can tear apart whole fleets of ships. It has been seen to lift ships high into the air with its limbs. It can squash humans and rip apart cities with its might.
- Amphibiousness - The Kraken can survive on both land and underwater.
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