Lyngbakr
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
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 "he ...... to the sea, drowning the crew.
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Lyngbakr (del nórdico antiguo: ...... todas las bestias del océano.
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An aspidochelone, a mythical creature somewhat like the lyngbakr
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Whale-like sea monster
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Lyngbakr (Icelandic, lyngi "he ...... to the sea, drowning the crew.
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Lyngbakr (del nórdico antiguo: ...... todas las bestias del océano.
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