Hafgufa (Old Norse: haf "sea" + Old Norse: gufa "steam"; "sea-reek"; "sea-steamer") is a sea creature, purported to inhabit Iceland's waters (Greenland...
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greatest whale in the world, and hafgufa, who bore all the monsters in the sea. The rocks had surely been the nose of Hafgufa; the island, Lyngbakr; and Ögmundr...
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of these include the aspidochelone, Fastitocalon, Jasconius, Lyngbakr, Hafgufa, and various accounts of the kraken. The phrase is sometimes incorrectly...
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in Celtic mythology Devil Whale, a demonic whale the size of an island Hafgufa, a whale of fabulous size, described as a sjóskrímsli 'sea monster' together...
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However, the group had safely sailed through the jaws of the Sea-Reek (hafgufa), the other monster that Ögmundr had sent by magic to intercept the party...
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camp for recent arrivals, a Viking-Age woman describes a sea monster, Hafgufa. Lars illegally buys temproxate from a neighbour, Nabo. Ingrid wants to...
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26:00 ff.). In the Icelandic Sagas, Aspidochelone is known by the names Hafgufa and Lyngbakr. In the folklore of the Inuit of Greenland, there was a similar...
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