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Lyngbakr (Icelandic,
lyngi "heather" + bak "back") is the name of a m****ive whale-like sea
monster reported in the Örvar-Odds saga to have
existed in the...
- ("King's Mirror").
Later recensions of Örvar-Odds saga
feature hafgufa and
lyngbakr as
similar but
distinct creatures.
According to
Norwegian didactic work...
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fabulous size,
described as a sjóskrímsli 'sea monster'
together with the
lyngbakr Hydra, Gr**** multi-headed dragon-like
beast Iku-Turso,
reputedly a type...
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examples of
these include the aspidochelone, Fastitocalon, Jasconius,
Lyngbakr, Hafgufa, and
various accounts of the kraken. The
phrase is
sometimes used...
- 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 monster...
- to
disembark on what they
thought was an island, but the Heather-Back (
lyngbakr)
plunged into sea, and
those men perished. However, the
group had safely...
- Cadaver-eating dog
Lusca – Sea
Monster Lutin (French) –
Amusing goblin Lyngbakr Lynx (Medieval Bestiaries) –
Feline guide spirit A B C D E F G H I J K...
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lyngbakr only in the
later recension,
dated to the late 14th century.
Mouritsen & Styrbæk (2018) (book on inkfish)
distinguishes the
whale lyngbakr with...
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captain and his
subsequent death in the Hydra. In Ragnarök
after freeing the
Lyngbakr—learning that Mímir had
imprisoned the whale-like sea monster—Kratos writes...
