Mystery AtlasNorway
The Scandinavian country whose coastal folklore, chiefly recorded by Erik Pontoppidan, is the primary historical source for the kraken legend.
This is a knowledge-graph entry: what our data records about Norway and how it connects to the rest of the atlas. It does not have a full article of its own yet.
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How this topic links to the people, places, and ideas around it — drawn from our knowledge graph.
Related Mysteries
Norway contains Bouvet Island Lifeboat — Bouvet Island is a Norwegian dependency.
People
- Erik Pontoppidan1698-1764
Norway contains Erik Pontoppidan.
Events
- The Draupner Wave1 January 1995
Norway was the site of The Draupner Wave — Recorded on the Draupner platform in the North Sea roughly 160km southwest of Norway.
Norway was the site of Storegga Slide — The submarine landslide originated on the Norwegian continental margin around 6200 BC.
Places
Norway contains Bergen.
Creatures & Figures
Norway is associated with Kraken — The legend's primary historical source is Norwegian and Scandinavian sailors' folklore.
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What the kraken legend was based on: Norwegian folklore, Linnaeus's 1735 classification, and the giant squid science eventually confirmed.