#12 ASPIDOCHELONE
Name Aspidochelone comes from Greek ; aspis (shield) , chelone (turtle).
The Aspidochelone is a fabled sea creature, variously described as a large whale or sea turtle,
that is as large as an island.
The shell of that monster looks like island.
It floats on the sea surface pretending to be an island and
lurking sailors to make landfall on its back.
When sailors anchor on its back, the creature pulls them and their ships into the ocean.
#11 HYDRA
Hydra was an ancient serpent-like water beast that possessed many heads.
She had pisonus breath, and for each head cut off it grew two more.
Hydra was a guardian at the entrance to the Underworld.
She was killed by Heracles.
#10 KRAKEN
Kraken is a mythological sea monster of gigantic size.
Described as a giant squid or octopus, with its big tentacles
it was able to sink any ship.
#9 LEVIATHAN
Leviathanis a sea monster referred to in the Bible. In Demonology,
Leviathan is one of the seven princes of Hell.
The word has become synonymous with any large sea monster or creature.
#8 LOCH NESS MONSTER
Loch ness monster also known as Nessie.
The Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.
The most frequent speculation is that the creature represents a line of long-surviving plesiosaurs.
It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere,
though its description varies from one account to the next.
Popular interest and belief in the animal has varied since it
was brought to the world's attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is anecdotal,
with minimal and much-disputed photographic material and sonar readings.
The scientific community regards the Loch Ness Monster as a modern-day myth,
and explains sightings as a mix of hoaxes and wishful thinking. Despite this,
it remains one of the most famous examples of cryptozoology.
#7 SCYLLA
In Greek mythology, Scylla was a monster that lived on one side of a narrow channel of water,
opposite its counterpart Charybdis. The two sides of the strait were within an arrow's
range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would pass too close to Scylla and vice versa.
Scylla was a horrible sea monster with four eyes, six long necks equipped with grisly heads,
each of which contained three rows of sharp teeth. Her body consisted of twelve tentacle-like legs
and a cat's tail and with four to six dog-heads ringing her waist.
She was one of the children of Phorcys and Ceto.
Traditionally the strait has been associated with the Strait of Messina
between Italy and Sicily, but more recently this theory has been challenged,
and the alternative location of Cape Skilla in northwest Greece has been suggested by Tim Severin.
#6 NEREID
In Greek mythology, the Nereids are sea nymphs, the fifty daughters of
Nereus and Doris, sisters to Nerites. They often accompany Poseidon and
can be friendly and helpful to sailors fighting perilous storms. They are particularly associated
with the Aegean Sea, where they dwelt with their father in the depths within a silvery cave.
The most notable of them are Thetis, wife of Peleus and mother of Achilles; Amphitrite, wife of Poseidon; and Galatea, love of the Cyclops Polyphemus.
#5 MERMAID
A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a female human head,
arms, and torso and the tail of a fish. A male version of a mermaid is known as
a "merman" and in general both males and females are known as "merfolk". Mermaids are represented in the folklore, literature and popular culture of many countries worldwide.
#4 ENCANTADO
Encantado is a word in Portuguese roughly translating as "enchanted one",
and is also a commonly used greeting in Spanish meaning "enchanted", as in "enchanted to meet you".
The Brazilian term is used for creatures who come from a paradisiacal underwater realm called the Encante. It may refer to spirit beings or shapeshifting snakes, but most often it designates dolphins with the ability to turn into humans. Although belief in them is starting to wane, there are still plenty of South Americans who believe in their existence ardently, and claim to have seen and interacted with them, or even that they are related to them. They share the most of the same themes and features as the fairies of European folklore.
#3 PROTEUS
In Greek mythology, Proteus is an early sea-god, one of several deities whom Homer calls the
"Old Man of the Sea", whose name suggests the "first" (from Greek "πρῶτος" - protos, "first"), as protogonos (πρωτόγονος) is the "primordial" or the "firstborn". He became the son of Poseidon in the Olympian theogony, or of Nereus and Doris, or of Oceanus and a Naiad, and was made the herdsman
of Poseidon's seals, the great bull seal at the center of the harem. He can foretell the future, but, in a
mytheme familiar from several cultures, will change his shape to avoid having to; he will answer only to someone who is capable of capturing him.
#2 TIAMAT
In Babylonian mythology, Tiamat is a chaos monster, a primordial goddess of the ocean,
mating with Abzû (the god of fresh water) to produce younger gods. It is suggested that there are two
parts to the Tiamat mythos, the first in which Tiamat is 'creatrix', through a "Sacred marriage" between salt and fresh water, peacefully creating the cosmos through successive generations. In the second "Chaoskampf". Tiamat is considered the monstrous embodiment of primordial chaos. Although there are no early precedents for it, some sources identify her with images of a sea serpent or dragon. In the Enûma Elish, the Babylonian epic of creation, she gives birth to the first generation of deities; she later makes war upon them and is killed by the storm-god Marduk. The heavens and the earth are formed from her divided body.
#1 TRITON
Triton is a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the big sea. He is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea, and Amphitrite, goddess of the sea, whose herald he is. He is usually represented as a merman, having the upper body of a human and the tail of a fish, "sea-hued", according to Ovid "his shoulders barnacled with sea-shells".Like his father, Poseidon, he carried a trident. However, Triton's special attribute was a twisted conch shell, on which he blew like a trumpet to calm or raise the waves. Its sound was so terrible, that when loudly blown, it put the giants to flight, who imagined it to be the roar of a dark wild beast.
