<P> In the late - 13th - century version of the Old Icelandic saga Örvar - Oddr is an inserted episode of a journey bound for Helluland ( Baffin Island ) which takes the protagonists through the Greenland Sea , and here they spot two massive sea - monsters called Hafgufa ( `` sea mist '' ) and Lyngbakr ( `` heather - back '' ) . The hafgufa is believed to be a reference to the kraken : </P>
<P> In the late - 13th - century version of the Old Icelandic saga Örvar - Oddr is an inserted episode of a journey bound for Helluland ( Baffin Island ) which takes the protagonists through the Greenland Sea , and here they spot two massive sea - monsters called Hafgufa ( `` sea mist '' ) and Lyngbakr ( `` heather - back '' ) . The hafgufa is believed to be a reference to the kraken : </P>
when did the kraken first appear in stories
when did the kraken first appear in stories
the late - 13th - century
the late - 13th - century