'Release the Kraken' was a catchphrase from an all-time terrible movie, so no wonder it became a meme almost instantly. ... The Clash of the Titans, based on the Greek myth of Perseus, ...

What Greek mythology doesn't have, however, is Kraken. Kraken, as every fan of fanciful water critters knows, is Scandinavian. And he's only been around since about the 12th century.

The strength of the myth became so strong that the Kraken could still be found in Europe’s first modern scientific surveys of the natural world in the 18th century.

Maybe if Jehovah had released the Kraken, we'd be seeing more Biblical epics on screen. The pantheon of ancient Greek heroes and gods, with their wavering morality — or fixed amorality — and ...

Whereas Neeson and other “Clash of the Titans” actors were playing characters from Greek mythology, the kraken derives from Norse mythology. A huge creature with tentacles, it is thought to be ...