This is the tale where we examine what a Medusa actually is, and what it does to its unsuspecting victims… I have had the misfortune of attracting Medusas – a type of Gorgons with a rather vicious disposition – from a very young age. I am pretty certain that one camouflaged as one of my parents and left me with life-long scars. Parental…
Smiting Snowmanity!
This is the tale where Dread Lord Cthulhu smites snowmanity in Antarctica It is well-known that Dread Lord Cthulhu and the Kraken’s main biz is to smite humanity for its arrogance and hubris [read all about it on the “Kraken mythology I” blog]. We now also know that they were recently released during the largest all-female (scientist) expedition to Antarctica to…
Abyssal Gigantism – or: Why are deep sea monsters so bloody huge?
This is the tale of the cute, tiny things that grow into unfathomable monsters the deeper you go… What is it with the deep sea and giant monsters? As if it wasn’t scary enough to know just how very deep the ocean goes – about a third deeper than Mt Everest is high! Imagine that the tiny cute things you…
The Dread Lord Cthulhu – Part 2: Family Tree
This is the tale of Dread Lord Cthulhu, Soul-Eater and Eldritch God, and his fucked-up family tree H.P. Lovecraft, Cthulhu’s personal deranged chronicler, made frequent references to the ‘Great Old Ones‘. He depicts them as a loose pantheon of ancient, powerful deities from space. They once ruled the Earth and have since fallen into a deathlike sleep. Until, of course, some deranged…
Kraken Mythology II – All hail the Vikings!
This is the tale of the Kraken and the Vikings We talked about Kraken mythology in the ancient times already [“Kraken Mythology I” blog]. We heard about Kraken myths and lore from the Babylonians and Sumerians, the Greeks and the Jews. And, of course, the rather silly and superstitious folks of the Middle Ages. But there are one people more…
Krak’n’tarctica I: Setting the scene
This is the tale of DrPusSea and the largest all-female scientists expedition in Antarctica… It starts at the ends of the earth – in the icy vastness of Antarctica, a continent full of Kraken lairs and myths. There dwells the most colossal of the Kraken family (the Colossal Squid Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, literally the ‘Middle Claw Squid’). New Zealand toothfishermen caught this fearsome…
I iz Kraken! Me Me Meeeeeemes…
This is the fun tale of internet Kraken memes Happy Halloween! I am not going to write much here, other than asking you to send us your own favourite Kraken memes. Any self-respecting Kraken meme blog has to start with the infamous Kraken catch-call: But, when it gets to real-life people, the memes often become a bit mean: Then of course there’s…
Are Kraken Aliens?
This is the tale where we uncover if Kraken are aliens after all… So… by now you may have seen enough things on this blog to join marine biologists and, well, pretty much everyone else who’s ever encountered one of the tentacled beasties in the wild, asking themselves: “Are these things really from this Planet or are they aliens from outer space?”…
I am Dread Lord Cthulhu – Part I: Lovecraft
This is the tale of Dread Lord Cthulhu, Soul-Eater and Eldritch God, and his favourite horror writer and unwitting chronicler The Dread Lord Chtulhu [(k)ʟ̝̊ʊlʔɬuː] – good luck pronouncing that right! – the word comes from the Greek chthonic, meaning subterranean) is thought to have been created by the deranged mind of Victorian horror writer and accidental cultist, H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft suffered from…
Kraken Mythology I – the Ancient Ones
This is the tale of how Kraken mythology and human civilisation are inextricably intertwined – starting with the Ancient Ones… The Gods used the Kraken since time immemorial to both punish and reward humanity. It was – and is! – most likely the largest of all sea monsters. We can find some Kraken mythology in most civilisations throughout the ages.…