Typhoid
08-25-2009, 06:15 PM
Griffin:
http://files.myopera.com/JJ_Jake/albums/343790/Gryphon.jpg
n the mid-1990s, "Griffin" steadily became more popular as a baby name for boys in the U.S. In 1990, it was ranked 629th. In 2006, it was ranked 254th. Also rising in popularity is the various other spellings of the name such as Griffen or Gryphon.
Kraken:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Denys_de_Montfort_Poulpe_Colossal.jpg/800px-Denys_de_Montfort_Poulpe_Colossal.jpg
According to Pontoppidan, Norwegian fishermen often took the risk of trying to fish over kraken, since the catch was so good. If a fisherman had an unusually good catch, they used to say to each other, "You must have fished on Kraken." Pontoppidan also claimed that the monster was sometimes mistaken for an island, and that some maps that included islands that were only sometimes visible were actually indicating kraken.
http://files.myopera.com/JJ_Jake/albums/343790/Gryphon.jpg
n the mid-1990s, "Griffin" steadily became more popular as a baby name for boys in the U.S. In 1990, it was ranked 629th. In 2006, it was ranked 254th. Also rising in popularity is the various other spellings of the name such as Griffen or Gryphon.
Kraken:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Denys_de_Montfort_Poulpe_Colossal.jpg/800px-Denys_de_Montfort_Poulpe_Colossal.jpg
According to Pontoppidan, Norwegian fishermen often took the risk of trying to fish over kraken, since the catch was so good. If a fisherman had an unusually good catch, they used to say to each other, "You must have fished on Kraken." Pontoppidan also claimed that the monster was sometimes mistaken for an island, and that some maps that included islands that were only sometimes visible were actually indicating kraken.