You're going to love this. My west coast brother has outdone himself. Today is Kraken Day, Myths and Legends Day and Cephalopod Awareness Day. You've probably all heard the phrase "Release the Kraken." It evidently dates back to a horror movie made in the early 1930s. Before we go further with the myth, here's the definition of a cephalopod. It is any of a class of mollusks such as squids, cuttlefish and octopuses that have highly developed eyes (the better to see you with, my dear), a group of muscular, sucker bearing arms (the better to hug you with), and usually a bag of inky fluid. The myth is that krakens are gigantic many armed sea creatures that could grab ships and pull them to the bottom of the sea. Myths are often based on a kernel of truth, and I can imagine how this one grew. The truth of an octopus appearing in the ocean beside your ship one day, and maybe even waving a tentacle menacingly, could easily grow, like any good fish story, to a kraken of monstrous proportions by the time the sailors got back to port. Or maybe, just maybe, there are krakens lurking at the bottom of the sea. Is it any wonder I prefer river cruises? Sweet dreams everybody.
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