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Lyngbakr
The lyngbakr may have been borrowed from the aspidochelone (shown above).[1]
Grouping
Legendary creature
Sub grouping
Whale-like sea monster
Folklore
Sagas of Iceland
Country
Greenland
Habitat
Greenland Sea
Lyngbakr (Icelandic, lyngi "heather" + bak "back") is the name of a massive whale-like sea monster reported in the Örvar-Odds saga to have existed in the Greenland Sea. According to the saga, Lyngbakr would bait seafarers by posing as a heather-covered island, and when a crew landed on his back, he sank into the sea, drowning the crew.
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Lyngbakr (Icelandic, lyngi "heather" + bak "back") is the name of a massive 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...
examples of these include the aspidochelone, Fastitocalon, Jasconius, Lyngbakr, Hafgufa, and various accounts of the kraken. The phrase is sometimes used...
fabulous size, described as a sjóskrímsli 'sea monster' together with the lyngbakr Hydra, Greek multi-headed dragon-like beast Iku-Turso, reputedly a type...
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...
lyngbakr only in the later recension, dated to the late 14th century. Mouritsen & Styrbæk (2018) (book on inkfish) distinguishes the whale lyngbakr with...
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...
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