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| + | |Row 3 info = (1981) [[Clash of the Titans (1981 movie)|Clash of the Titans]]<br > (2010) [[Clash of the Titans (2010 movie)|Clash of the Titans]]<br > (2010) [[Clash of the Titans: The Videogame]]<br > (2010) [[Clash of the Titans: Prequel Comic]]<br > (2012) [[Wrath of the Titans]] |
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| ⚫ | '''The Kraken |
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| ⚫ | '''The Kraken''', in [[Greek Mythology]], is a sea monster of tremendous size and strength. It was born from the titans [[Oceanus]] and [[Ceto]], both entities of the sea. Its tentacles are large enough to be able to pull entire ships under the water and destroy cities with relative ease. The creature possessed endurance to match its strength. In addition to tentacles it was armed with a gaping maw full of many sharp teeth. The creature's many tentacles afforded it great speed in swimming. |
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| + | ==History== |
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| + | ===[[Clash of the Titans (1981 movie)|Clash of the Titans (1981)]]=== |
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| ⚫ | Compared to mythology, the Kraken plays a much more major role in the [[Clash of the Titans (1981 movie)|1981 film]]. In this movie, it is the pet of [[Poseidon]], and [[Zeus]] orders it to destroy [[Argos]] to punish [[Acrisius/Calibos|Acrisius]], the king of Argos, for casting his wife and Perseus into the sea. The goddess of the sea, [[Thetis]], then unleashes it on the city of Joppa as an excuse to punish [[Perseus]]. [[Andromeda]] was offered to be sacrificed on Thetis' decree as Poseidon releases the Kraken. Perseus uses Medusa's Head turns the Kraken to stone. |
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| + | ===[[Clash of the Titans (2010 movie)|Clash of the Titans (2010)]]=== |
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+ | The Kraken appears in the [[Clash of the Titans (2010 movie)|2010 remake]] as an adversary of Perseus. The Kraken is seen in the beginning, when the narrator explains Hades created it to slay the Titans. He was then tricked into ruling the Underworld. It is assumed that Zeus forced Hades to lock up the Kraken so he wouldn't harm anyone. The Kraken was released onto Argos to destroy it, but Perseus slayed it with Medusa's head that turned it to stone. |
| + | ===Wrath of the Titans=== |
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| + | The Kraken is briefly mentioned by [[Hephaestus]], when asking to Perseus if he is the one related to the great Perseus who slayed the Kraken. |
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| + | ==Other appearances== |
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| − | ==Trivia== |
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| + | ===Comic books=== |
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| − | * The original Cetos merely meant "whale" in Greek and was used to refer to anything from dolphins to whales to sea monsters. In Classical representations of the myth, the cetus is usually serpentine or draconian. The biggest inspiration for sea monsters in the Mediterranian was in fact whales, both the occasional sighting by fishermen as well as the beached bones. Cetos is not to be confused with Cetus, a Titan and a plausable parent of the Gorgon sisters in some myths. |
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| + | ====[[Clash of the Titans: Prequel Comic]]==== |
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| − | * The word "Kraken" is actually the name of a Norse seamonster from Viking folklore. In its true form, the Kraken is a giant squid who uses his dreadful tenticals to plundges ships to the ocean depths. Thus the term Kraken is not Greek at all. |
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| − | * In English, the word "Kraken" designates a generic giant sea monster, normally with squid or octopus-like attributes. The term is from 18th cent Scandinavian which meant "unnatural or unhealthy animal". Largely due to literally influences, especially the biblical Leviathan and Jona's giant fish, Tennyson wrote the poem ''The Kraken'' (1830) that ever since confirmed the image of the Kraken as a giant, tentacled primordial entity.[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Kraken] |
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| + | ====[[Clash of the Titans: The Videogame]]==== |
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| − | * In both films it appears as a giant creature with a humanoid top half and an enormous tentacled lower half. This is largely due to Ray Harryhausen, the producer of the original 1981 film, who based the Kraken on his model of Ymir, the monster ''20 Million Miles to Earth'' (1957).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Harryhausen#1970s–present] The Kraken is similar to an octopus or squid. |
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| + | The Kraken appears as one of the bosses on Clash of the Titans: The Videogame, however his physical appearance in the game is completely different than that of the film. On the video game, the Kraken looks more like a humanoid sea dragon, than the giant turtle-like appearance on the 2010 film. |
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| + | ==Notes== |
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| + | *The Kraken is reffered to as a ''Titan'' by the [[Stygian Witches]]. |
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+ | ==Gallery== |
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| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus_(mythology) Cetus] |
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| + | 9AFFF42E-FD41-4CB9-8250-E12746E35D29.jpeg|The Kraken in the 1981 movie. |
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| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken Kraken] |
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| + | B5C5E3BE-F04F-4974-A5B5-726DE5E715C7.jpeg|The Kraken in the 2010 movie. |
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| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken_in_popular_culture Kraken in Popular Culture] |
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| − | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan Leviathan] |
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| − | * medusa http://www.google.com/search?q=medusa&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&rlz=1I7ADRA_en |
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[[Category:Creatures & Titans]] |
[[Category:Creatures & Titans]] |
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Revision as of 00:00, 5 May 2020
| The Kraken | |
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 "The Kraken is the end of us. A colossal, elemental beast. Even the gods fear it." | |
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Affiliations |
Hades |
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Status |
Deceased |
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Appearances |
(1981) Clash of the Titans |
The Kraken, in Greek Mythology, is a sea monster of tremendous size and strength. It was born from the titans Oceanus and Ceto, both entities of the sea. Its tentacles are large enough to be able to pull entire ships under the water and destroy cities with relative ease. The creature possessed endurance to match its strength. In addition to tentacles it was armed with a gaping maw full of many sharp teeth. The creature's many tentacles afforded it great speed in swimming.
History
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Compared to mythology, the Kraken plays a much more major role in the 1981 film. In this movie, it is the pet of Poseidon, and Zeus orders it to destroy Argos to punish Acrisius, the king of Argos, for casting his wife and Perseus into the sea. The goddess of the sea, Thetis, then unleashes it on the city of Joppa as an excuse to punish Perseus. Andromeda was offered to be sacrificed on Thetis' decree as Poseidon releases the Kraken. Perseus uses Medusa's Head turns the Kraken to stone.
Clash of the Titans (2010)
The Kraken appears in the 2010 remake as an adversary of Perseus. The Kraken is seen in the beginning, when the narrator explains Hades created it to slay the Titans. He was then tricked into ruling the Underworld. It is assumed that Zeus forced Hades to lock up the Kraken so he wouldn't harm anyone. The Kraken was released onto Argos to destroy it, but Perseus slayed it with Medusa's head that turned it to stone.
Wrath of the Titans
The Kraken is briefly mentioned by Hephaestus, when asking to Perseus if he is the one related to the great Perseus who slayed the Kraken.
Other appearances
Comic books
Clash of the Titans: Prequel Comic
Video games
Clash of the Titans: The Videogame
The Kraken appears as one of the bosses on Clash of the Titans: The Videogame, however his physical appearance in the game is completely different than that of the film. On the video game, the Kraken looks more like a humanoid sea dragon, than the giant turtle-like appearance on the 2010 film.
Notes
- The Kraken is reffered to as a Titan by the Stygian Witches.
Gallery
