kraken

[ krah-kuh n ]

/ ˈkrɑ kən /

a legendary sea monster causing large whirlpools off the coast of Norway.

Origin of kraken

From Norwegian

krajina, krak, krakatau, krakatoa, krakau, kraken, krakowiak, kraków, kramatorsk, kramer, krameria

The proposed Titan Mare Explorer (TiME), for example, would place a boat on either Ligeia Mare or Kraken Mare.

A Cloud Forms Over Saturn’s Mysterious Moon |Matthew R. Francis |August 17, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
In the same place the Kraken is mentioned: he had been visible for nearly a fortnight, but no sailor dared go near him.

The Pirate |Sir Walter Scott
Then did I believe that neither kelpie nor kraken had taken my bairns, but Rapp the Rover.

The Thirsty Sword |Robert Leighton
It matters no more to me that the world is full of charming girls than that the kraken is still at the bottom of the sea.

Phyllis of Philistia |Frank Frankfort Moore

The complainants must have been the kraken, the griffins, and the serpents.

Myths of the Rhine |X. B. Saintine
The huge tentacles of the kraken might have lifted themselves beyond Kirkwall harbor.

Memoirs of Life and Literature |W. H. Mallock

kraken

/ (ˈkrɑːkən) /

a legendary sea monster of gigantic size believed to dwell off the coast of Norway

C18: from Norwegian, of obscure origin