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Welcome to a lexicon of information about the Icelandic Dark Age myth of the Kraken, a mythological colossal beast that was said to devour ships using its dextrous tentacles. The Kraken was not only an important myth at the time of the Dark Age Icelandic warships but also of that of the Thirty Years War of much of Europe, the Scandinavian and British Renaissance and the great poets of the nineteenth century.
This website allows you to:
- Travel from the beginning of Icelandic mythology to the European Renaissance and beyond (Go to History)
- Discover what the Kraken myth was used for and why it was so important to the Icelandic and later Scandinavian people (Go to Allusions)
- See how the Kraken has been used in Renaissance period poems, Industrial Age novels and contemporary fiction (Go to Adaptations)
- Question the legitimacy of the Kraken and discuss the primary factors that prove the Kraken's existence as a myth and as a sea creature (Go to Source Analysis & Legitimacy)
- Answer a number of questions and participate in activites relating to the Kraken to improve your skills and memory in a myriad of ways (Go to Questions)
This website allows you to:
- Travel from the beginning of Icelandic mythology to the European Renaissance and beyond (Go to History)
- Discover what the Kraken myth was used for and why it was so important to the Icelandic and later Scandinavian people (Go to Allusions)
- See how the Kraken has been used in Renaissance period poems, Industrial Age novels and contemporary fiction (Go to Adaptations)
- Question the legitimacy of the Kraken and discuss the primary factors that prove the Kraken's existence as a myth and as a sea creature (Go to Source Analysis & Legitimacy)
- Answer a number of questions and participate in activites relating to the Kraken to improve your skills and memory in a myriad of ways (Go to Questions)