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

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