Perseus vs The Kraken by VegasMike
There are legends telling that somewhere deep within the depths of the mighty seas are giant creatures, known as Kraken, slumbering deeply, waiting for the moment to rise above the oceans and inflict terror and fear amongst men.
The Kraken was exposed into modern culture with the release of the 1981 film Clash of the Titans. In the movie, Zeus orders Poseidon to “RELEASE THE KRAKEN!” to unleash the creature upon the city of Argos to fulfill a prophecy. The protagonist Perseus eventually defeats the Kraken by exposing it to the head of Medusa, thus turning it to stone.
The Kraken, however, is not part of Greek mythology but instead it is a massive mythical creature from off the coast of Norway and has been described as a giant octopus or squid. Of course, giant squids are real, but they have not been known to create the same havoc that the Kraken was reported to do.
But the ocean is large and not yet fully explored. So just maybe, somewhere there is a giant creature lurking within the darkness, waiting for man to awaken it from it’s slumber so that it might once again rise and feed on those who disturb it.
“The Kraken” by Alfred Tennyson
Below the thunders of the upper deep;
Far far beneath in the abysmal sea,
His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep
The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee
About his shadowy sides; above him swell
Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;
And far away into the sickly light,
From many a wondrous grot and secret cell
Unnumber’d and enormous polypi
Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.
There hath he lain for ages, and will lie
Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep,
Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;
Then once by man and angels to be seen,
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.
The Kraken by Bob Eggleton
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