because in clash of the titans poseiden released the kraken and it looked like a 4 armed trog.while in drawings it had tentacles and an octopus like body.so i not sure what it i!
2007-02-14 03:16:07 · 9 answers · asked by wind mage 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
no crude answers please. im kinda not a teen.
2007-02-14 03:17:25 · update #1
and ITS NOT A GIANT SQUID!!!!!!!!!!! how i know that is because it has a round head.not a pointed one
2007-02-14 06:23:07 · update #2
Looks more like an octopus, but that's just from the ancient paintings. The kraken has been described as everything from a giant squid or octopus to more like a creature mistaken for a small island or large whale (leviathan). It seems that most ancient mariners could not conceive of what the kraken really was, other than there was something really bad in the depths of the sea. The term kraken became the name for this creature and served as an adequate warning to all sea goers.
For more information the Yahoo! directory for kraken is: http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Alternative_Science/Paranormal_Phenomena/Cryptozoology/Sea_Serpents_and_Lake_Monsters/Kraken/
wikipedia is also a good source for an answer to this question - looks like a giant octopus in the paintings of the legendery sea creature, although the creation of this legend is said to have been inspired by the sightings by European sailors of the giant squid, centuries ago. I always thought that it was the creature that must be released after one eats a large bowl of chili.
2007-02-14 04:13:32 · answer #1 · answered by endpov 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A kraken is more like a a giant squid, and I REALLY mean giant. Krakens were what could supposedly crush ships with just a few of their tentacles. They were the monsters of the deep.
2007-02-14 03:21:08 · answer #2 · answered by Kharm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
krakens are legendary sea monsters of gargantuan size, said to have dwelled off the coasts of Norway and Iceland. The sheer size and fearsome appearance attributed to the beasts have made them common ocean-dwelling monsters in various fictional works.it is of a Scandinavian descent. The legend has been said to have originated from sightings of real giant squid that are estimated to grow to 43 feet in length.
2007-02-14 04:02:15 · answer #3 · answered by misselizabee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Kraken is a very large species of squid, look on wikipedia, it'll give you a good background on the Kraken.
2007-02-14 03:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by trance_gemni 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
O I just thought it was 8arms and the squid was 8arms and 2 tenticles but this is very interesting as well. Wish You would here more about stuff like this on the news then whats going on with the damn celebraties
2016-05-23 22:14:31 · answer #5 · answered by Audrey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Kraken is neither. It is a sort of horse-like sea-monster created by Poseidon (Latin name: Neptune) to eat the princess of an Ionian city-state he did not like. Glad to help!
2007-02-14 08:32:08 · answer #6 · answered by JGriff 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it is a giant squid.
2007-02-14 03:24:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's more like a giant squid, hon
2007-02-14 04:31:03 · answer #8 · answered by wanda3s48 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I thought a octopus myself.
2007-02-14 03:19:42 · answer #9 · answered by missgigglebunny 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋