Kraken (disambiguation)

The term Kraken refers to a number of things.

• The Kraken is a supposed sea monster of gargantuan size, said to have been seen off the coast of Norway and Iceland.
• The USS Kraken was a United States submarine, named after the Kraken.
• Kraken is a Spanish comic book by Antonio Segura and Jordi Bernet.
• The Kraken Wakes is a 1953 apocalyptic science fiction novel by John Wyndham. Its title is a synopsis of Alfred Tennyson's poem and its plot involves extraterrestrials attacking humanity from the depths of the sea.
• Kraken is a giant red octopus in Sega's popular video game, The Ocean Hunter. In the game, Kraken is reported to have sunk 4 ships and killed 185 people. A reward of 5000G is posted for its head in the game.
• Kraken is the name of the giant jellyfish/octopus looking creature that can make human-sized monsters grow into giant towering beasts in the Japanese television show Choushinsei Flashman.
• Kraken is a roller coaster at Seaworld, Orlando, named after the beast.
• In Dougal Dixon's book The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative Evolution, the Kraken is a giant ammonite that floated on the surface of the ocean, stinging prey within reach of its tentacles covered in poisonous barbs.
• Kraken is a heavy metal band in Colombia, founded in Medellín in 1984 by Elkin Ramírez.
• "The Kraken" is the name of the international online community of fans of cult author Russell Hoban, in honour of a character in Hoban's 1987 novel The Medusa Frequency.
• "The Kraken" tne name of a bar in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California.

• One of the main forces of Warhammer 40,000's Tyranids is named "Hive Fleet Kraken".