The leviathan and kraken are two very similar creatures.(although the kraken was proven to be a giant squid) In the more wilder stories of pirates and monster that eat ships the kraken and the leviathan are both the monsters that eat ships. The leviathan is said to have a long serpentine body with twelve legs and four huge eyes the size of two humans. The kraken is basically in the picture. Whenever there was a portion of sea we had never explored we put a leviathan or a kraken there, witch kind of meant "danger monsters with big teeth!" As I said before the kraken has turned out to be a giant squid but the leviathan has not been proven real. (not yet any way)
Hey, you should read an old Norse mythology book called "Beowulf" ... it has an awesome serpent monster in it called "Grendel" who is a real badass. Cheers, Matt
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