Kraken and Leviathan: Difference between revisions

 

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* In ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]'' Taiki unleashes Leviamon upon a Bagura Digimon.

* In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', the mythological Leviathan of Atlantis seems to be a cross between a dragon and a sea serpent.

** {{spoiler|[[Oh Crap|He did.]]}}

 

 

* In ''[[The Games We Play (RWBY fanfic)|The Games We Play]]'' by Ryuugi, a ''[[RWBY]]''/''[[The Gamer]]'' [[Crossover Fic]], once Jaune starts coming into his full power, he (and some friends) start leaving the Vale area to hunt truly monstrous Grimm. One variety they eventually face are [[Kaiju]]-sized sea-going Grimm explicitly called "Leviathans"; there are several others.

 

* In ''[[Star Wars]] Episode One'', the Naboo ocean seems to be filled with monsters each getting bigger and bigger as you go deeper and considering the fact that the planet is meant to be hollow and full of ocean that gets you some pretty big fish. Also the oceans of Kamino. Ah hell, any planet with an ocean in the Galaxy Far Far Away is bound to have sea monsters in it.

* The creature from ''[[Cloverfield]]'', possibly.

* Ursula's [[One-Winged Angel]] form in ''[[The Little Mermaid]]''.

 

* The "Leviathan" mentioned above is described in the Book of Job (Ch. 41, all of it), in the Old Testament of [[The Bible]], and referenced elsewhere. Unlike most sea creatures, the Leviathan has an affinity for fire or something reasonably similar. Job 41:8 ("Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more.") seems to indicate a reasonably high encounter survival rate, considering that this creature is essentially a seagoing dragon.

** Leviathan represents the sin of Envy. "Envy lurks in the hearts of men, as Leviathan lurks beneath calm waters."

* [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]'s [[Turtle Island|Fastitokalon]]; the Watcher in the Water may also qualify.

* Shimmer, the dragon protagonist from Laurence Yep's ''[[Dragon Series]]'' gets into a fight with a raiding party of krakens.

* In ''[[Narnia|The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]'', the eponymous ship is attacked by a large sea serpent, which almost manages to crush it in its coils.

* In ''[[Chronicles of the Emerged World|Sennar's Mission]]'' a gargantuan sea monster similar to a kraken is met on the way to the Submerged World. Its hunting method consist in wait for ships and then make them slither on his body to the gaping mouth in the middle, using tentacles if necessary. However, the beast is never named.

* In ''[[Tortall Universe|Wild Mage]]'', during the attack on Pirate's Swoop, Daine tries to convince a pod of whales to attack the Carthaki backed pirate fleet. [[Actual Pacifist|When they refuse and leave]], Daine sends her awareness far out after them, and wakes the Kraken. [[Affably Evil|He's more than happy]] to destroy any fleet she wants. She knows full well it's [[Deal with the Devil|a deal with a demon]], but she's desperate and agrees to his offer. He's described as an octopus with too many arms that are a mile long each, with a body that's a mile and a half. He's also fast: Daine found him out past the Copper Isles, a four day sail. He made it to Pirate's Swoop in the space of a morning.

 

* One episode of ''[[Jurassic Fight Club]]'' featured a battle between a ''Megalodon'' shark (see above) and its more recently-discovered contemporary, the "biting sperm whale".

* ''[[Beast Legends]]'' did an episode featuring a digitally animated kraken incorporating the nastiest features of the Giant Octopus, Giant Squid and Colossal Squid, scaled up to 200 ft long from the tip of its head to outstretch tentacles, which take up half the body length them selves.

* The Leviathans on ''[[Supernatural]]'' are not giant sea creatures, but rather are perfectly capable of living on land and while they are seldom seen in their true form, there's no sign that this true form is any bigger than the human disguises they use. But there are good mythological reasons for calling them by the name "Leviathan": Their backstory is related to biblical mythology; they are [[Eldritch Abomination]] s that are all about [[To Serve Man|having a predatory appetite]]; and when their true form is shown, the view isn't very clear, but it definitely has [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]].

 

* Jormungandr the World Serpent of Norse myth is also under the sea, long enough to wrap around the world, some legends say ''twice''.

* Greek mythology has several large marine creatures. They were typically sent by the sea-nymphs to ravage land-dwelling kings or queens who offended them, and the royals tried to appease the monsters by sacrificing their beautiful daughters, which the heroes then had to rescue. One particularly worthy of mention being Ketos, the monster who was slain by Perseus. It is very obvious that Ketos was what the Kraken was meant to be in ''[[Clash of the Titans]]'', but they opted for the creature of the Norse myths instead.

* Apep might also count. He was a colossal serpent that stalked the ancient Egyptian underworld, hoping to devour the sun god. According to [[The Other Wiki]] one of his nicknames was "World Encircler", making him similar to Jormungandr above.

 

* Many blue creatures from ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', which includes [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=121198 Leviathans], [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=2525 Krakens], [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=135250 and other deep sea monsters].

* In ''[[Rifts]]'', the biggest [[Sea Monster]] is the Lord of the Deep, also referred to as ''both'' Kraken and Leviathan, a massive [[Cosmic Horror]] resting at the bottom of the Marianas Trench with tentacles that can reach for thousands of miles.

** It also has a kraken, although said kraken is made of magma.

 

* In [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', Oberon sends Puck off with orders to complete "before the Leviathan can swim a league".

 

* ''[[City of Heroes]]'' features Lusca, one of the biggest [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever|Giant Monster]] class enemies in the form of a colossal octopus that menaces Independence Port, and takes over a dozen players to systematically defeat. Oddly, the Kraken in that game is less aquatic, but [[That's No Moon|you don't want to know about the Leviathan]]...

** The thing called Kraken is a giant alien from another dimension. During a mission in [[Ancient Rome|Cimerora]] you must fight off tentacles of the actual Kraken.

* In ''[[Subnautica]]'', monstrous predators (explicitly identified as"leviathans") dwell in the deeper parts of the volcanic caldera where you've crashlanded.

 

* ''[[The Dreamland Chronicles]]'': they venture to the cave of the kraken.

* ''[[Wapsi Square]]'' features a creature bearing some resemblance to the kraken. It is ancient and large enough to [http://wapsisquare.com/comic/little-too-long/ drop a U-boat on a beach.] At one point in the past, Bud made a [[Cool Pet|pet]] out of it and named it Stinky.

* In ''[[Scary Go Round]]'', the Kraken is caught by Ernest Cromerty, Gibbous Moon and Desmond [[Fish People|Fishman]] (who [[Red Herring|was previously suspected by some readers to be himself the Kraken]], because he was designated with this term in a prophecy).

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has large [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20171122 whales] and [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20171208 cephalopods] peacefully present in England.

** There was a bit of Kraken vs. Leviathan fighting not so long ago, but not much is known about it… except [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180511 exactly] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20181116 whom] to [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200108 blame] for this.

** Wild squids are (or at least were) also used as a [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180604 variant of capital punishment].

 

* [[SCP Foundation|SCP-]][http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-169 169]. It's probably bigger than Europe.

** The [[SCP Foundation]] has plans of varying effectiveness to contain and/or prevent everything from multiple zombie apocalypses to holes in reality that periodically spew monsters. Their plan for this? When you cut through the formal scientific sounding terminology, it amounts to "Hope to hell it doesn't wake up, and if it does, hope it's friendly. The thing is just too damn big to do anything about."

* Three members of [[The League of STEAM]] recount their encounters with a Kraken in "[[Tall Tails]]."

 

* In an episode of ''[[Martin Mystery]]'', a Leviathan was guarding a treasure and attacked anyone who tried to steal it.

* On ''[[Catscratch]]'', Gordon goes hunting for the Kraken, who will supposedly grant a wish to whomever would defeat it in battle. In a later episode, the Kraken is revealed to be from another dimension.

* [[Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas]] features a leviathan which the crew mistake for an island, complete with vegetation. {{spoiler|It isn't actually aggressive, and is actually quite useful, as they can use it to tow the ship where they need to go.}} This leviathan gets points for being one of the comparatively few depictions that actually ''is'' big enough to be reasonably mistaken for an island.

 

* [[Steampunk]]s often talk about how their [[Cool Airship|airships]] are in danger of attack by Air Kraken.

 

* Whales, [[Captain Obvious|obviously]].

** There's a fossil whale species named ''[[wikipedia:Livyatan melvillei|Livyatan melvillei]]'' (from the Hebrew spelling of "Leviathan" and the author of ''Moby Dick''). And it is pretty [http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/6/30/1277901299026/Artists-impression-of-gia-002.jpg scary-looking].

 

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