# Kraken (disambiguation)

The Kraken is a legendary sea creature of gargantuan size, said to have been seen off the coasts of Norway and Iceland.
Kraken may also refer to:

## Literature

* Kraken (novel), a 2010 novel by China Miéville
* "The Kraken", an 1830 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
* Kraken, a hypothetical modern dinosaur in Dougal Dixon's 1988 book The New Dinosaurs: An Alternative Evolution
* Kraken, a book by Mary Turzillo
* The Kraken Wakes, a 1953 novel by John Wyndham
* The symbol of the Ironmen in the Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire fictional scenario

## Sports

* Seattle Kraken, a National Hockey League team based in Seattle, Washington debuting in 2021
* June Mar Fajardo (born 1989), Filipino basketball player nicknamed "Kraken" for his size
* Gary Sánchez (born 1992), Dominican baseball player nicknamed "the Kraken"

## Film

* Kraken (Pirates of the Caribbean), sea monster in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series
* Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep, 2006 TV movie that premiered on the Syfy Channel
* The Kraken, sea monster in Clash of the Titans (1981 film)
* The Kraken, sea monster in Clash of the Titans (2010 film)
* The Kraken, a character in the film Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

## Comics

* Kraken (comics), a Spanish comics series by Antonio Segura and Jordi Bernet
* Kraken (character), various Krakens that have appeared throughout the decades in comic book publications
* Kraken (Marvel Comics), various characters have appeared in Marvel Comics using the name
* Commander Kraken, a fictional character in the Marvel Universe
* Judge Kraken, character in the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD
* Kraken Isaac, character from Saint Seiya

## Video and role playing games

* Kraken (Dungeons & Dragons), a creature in the role playing game
* The Kraken (Forgotten Realms), a secret society in the Forgotten Realms of Dungeons & Dragons
* Kraken, a giant red octopus in Sega's popular video game, The Ocean Hunter
* Kraken, one of the Four Fiends in the Final Fantasy series of video games
* The Kraken, a character in the PC game Crush, Crumble and Chomp!
* Kraken, an end level boss in the video game Shamu's Deep Sea Adventures
* Kraken, captain of the Skull Haven, a character in Capcom's Power Stone
* The Kraken, a sea-serpent boss in the SNES RPG, EarthBound
* The Kraken, a villain in the video game Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
* The Kraken, a playable character in the PC game Archon II: Adept
* The Kraken, a boss in Tomb Raider: Underworld
* Kraken, an enemy in the Clash of the Titans
* Kraken, an enemy in Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb
* Kraken, a boss in the game God of War II
* Kraken, a boss in Lionhead Studios' Fable
* Kraken, a boss in the game Pac-Man Party
* Kraken, a monster in the game Evolve
* The Kraken, a boss in the game Fall Guys

## Other uses

* Kraken (virus), XBB.1.5 Covid virus subvariant
* Kraken Regiment, Ukrainian military volunteer unit
* Giant squid, commonly known as Kraken, or inspiring the legendary sea monster
* Kraken (genus), a genus of filose amoebae
* Kraken, a computing environment at the National Institute for Computational Sciences
* Kraken (band), a progressive metal band from Colombia
* Kraken (roller coaster), a roller coaster at Seaworld in Orlando, Florida
* Kraken (software test), a JavaScript test suite from Mozilla used in benchmarking web browser performance
* USS Kraken (SS-370), a United States submarine
* Kraken botnet, a botnet spyware program that attacks systems through email and social media sites
* Kraken Mare, the largest known body of liquid on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan
* Kraken Catena, a pit chain on Neptune's moon Triton
* Kraken (galaxy), a proposed galaxy that collided with the Milky Way around 11 billion years ago
* Kraken Rum, a Caribbean 94 proof black rum
* Kraken (company), a cryptocurrency exchange and bank
* The Kraken (climb), a bouldering route in Devon, England
* Kraken and "release the Kraken", neologisms used by Sidney Powell that refer to post-election lawsuits related to the 2020 United States presidential election
* GitKraken, a software company named after one of their products