Sea serpent
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A sea serpent is a type of sea monster described in various mythologies and religious texts. Famous sea serpents include: the Mesopotamian Tiamat, Ugaritic Yam and Tannin, Judaic Leviathan and Rahab,
A sea serpent.―From Magnus, Olaus (1555). History of the Northern Peoples.
Mosaic of a cetus sea serpent of Greek mythology
"The Great Sea Serpent (according to Hans Egede)".―Engraving c. 1843, signed by artist James Hope Stewart.
"Supposed Appearance of the Great Sea-Serpent, From H.M.S. Plumper, Sketched by an Officer on Board", Illustrated London News, 14 April 1849
Jörmungandr
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In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr, also known as the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent, is an unfathomably large and monstrous sea serpent or worm who dwells in the world sea, encircling the Earth and bi
Sea serpent
…Tiamat, Ugaritic Yam and Tannin, Judaic Leviathan and Rahab, ancient Greek Cetus, Echidna, Hydra and Scylla, Vedic Vritra and Surasa, and the Norse Jörmungandr, etc. The Drachenkampf mytheme, the chief god in the role of the hero slaying a sea serpent, is widespread both in the ancient Near East and in…
Thor lifts Jörmungandr, disguised as a cat. (Lorenz Frølich)
Thor's fishing trip depicted on the Altuna Runestone, one of the few confirmed Viking Age depictions of Jörmungandr.
Thor fishing for the Midgard Serpent in an illustration from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript
Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent (1790) by Henry Fuseli