The Largest Monsters in the Sea? The Legends of the Hafgufa and Lyngbakr -Summer of Sea Monsters (Episode #43)

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In the first episode of the Summer of Sea Monsters we will take a voyage through Norse mythology, where the legends of the Lyngbakr and Hafgufa are found. The Lyngbakr, disguised as an island adorned with heather, lured unsuspecting sailors to their doom. Meanwhile, the Hafgufa, aptly named the “sea mist,” dwarfed other sea creatures. Sailors, mistaking it for rocky outcrops or islands, faced its gaping maw. Were these sea monsters based on real encounters or rather only cautionary tales passed down through generations?

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EPISODE RESOURCES

• Waggoner, Ben, ed. (2012), The Hrafnista Sagas, The Troth, pp. xxvii–xxviii, ISBN 9780557729418, citing Halldór Hermannsson [is], Icelandic Physiologus, pp. 10–11, 19
• Larson, Laurence Marcellus, ed. (1917), "XXII. The Marvels of the Icelandic Seas: whales; the kraken", The King's Mirror: (Speculum Regalae - Konungs Skuggsjá), Library of Scandinavian literature 15, Twayne Publishers, p. 125, ISBN 9780890670088
• “Encyclopedia Mythologica - Lyngbakr.” Encyclopedia Mythologica, https://encyclopediamythologica.com/hafgufa
• “Hafgufa: Did a Viking Sea Monster Actually Exist? | The Viking Herald.” The Viking Herald, https://www.facebook.com/thenorwegianstandard/, 14 May 2023, https://thevikingherald.com/article/hafgufa-did-a-viking-sea-monster-actually-exist/520
• Pare, Sascha. “Terrifying Sea Monster ‘hafgufa’ Described in Medieval Norse Manuscripts Is Actually a Whale | Live Science.” Livescience.Com, Live Science, 28 Feb. 2023, https://www.livescience.com/terrifying-sea-monster-hafgufa-described-in-medieval-norse-manuscripts-is-actually-a-whale
• Solis-Moreira, Jocelyn. “Feeding Whales May Have Inspired Norse Hafgufa Myth | Popular Science.” Popular Science, https://www.facebook.com/PopSci/, https://www.popsci.com/science/norse-myth-hafgufa-whales/
• Varga, Tamás. “Scientists Solve Mystery of Old Norse Mythical Sea Monster Known as ‘Hafgufa.’” Earthly Mission, Earthly Mission, 31 Mar. 2023, https://earthlymission.com/scientists-solve-mystery-hafgufa-sea-monster-old-norse-whale-feeding

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