Søslange

Der findes et stjernebillede ved navn Søslangen.

For virkelige slanger der lever i havet, se havslange.

Søslange rapporteret af nordmanden Hans Egede, Biskop af Grønland, i 1734.

Søslange som set af mand på wheel of the Sacramento, på vej fra New York til Melbourne, 24. november 1877.

En søslange (lindorm, hesteål eller ålehest) er et fabeldyr, som har form som en kæmpeslange med eller uden ben og som lever i søer, voldgrave eller i havet. Beskrivelser af søslanger dukker af og til op i medierne som en nyhedshistorie. Som heraldisk figur har en lindorm dog større lighed med en drage, dog har lindormen altid kun to ben, hvorimod en heraldisk drage kan have enten to eller fire ben.

Se også

Maleri af Loch Ness-uhyret, malet af Heikenwaelder Hugo

• Congoslange
• Sildekonge
• Kryptozoologi
• Nessie
• Søuhyre
• Ogopogo

Eksterne henvisninger

Wikimedia Commons har medier relateret til: Søslange

• rsf.dk, Oldies: Søuhyre i Christianshavns Voldgrav. En oldie historie fra RSF-nyt april og juli nummeret 1974
• Strange Magazine: The Definitive Sea Serpent by Matthew A. Bille Illustrations by Bill Herd Citat: "...two particular zoologists...1905, Michael J. Nicoll and E. G. B. Meade-Waldo observed a"sea monster" which has never been caught, classified, or explained...Nicoll spotted a large dorsal fin which "resembled that of no fish I had previously seen."...no plesiosaur is known to have possessed a dorsal fin...on December 7th, 1905, two well-qualified witnesses observed a large unknown marine animal..."
• GUST: Norway – Monsters of Lake Seljordsvatnet: Fishermen was severely shocked when the serpent surfaced right next to their boat Citat: "...video taken two years previously by two Englishmen, and which clearly shows a 25 to 36 feet long, muscular and anaconda-looking creature...A wide, powerful, "veiny and knotted", 10 feet long neck was towering over the shocked men and a large, horse-like head was swung into their boat and stared Ole right in his face..."
• Sucuriju Gigante By Aaron Justice Citat: "...They came back with stories of enormous snakes which they called matora, or "bull eater"....claimed to have bagged a 62 foot long anaconda....Suddenly a gigantic snake reared up as if to attack his helicopter..."
  • Riesenschlangen Citat: "...Im Jahr 1959 flog Colonel Rene van Lierde...Die Schlange war etwa 14 bis 16 Meter lang..." (med sorthvid billede. PS: Slangen virker forbavsende skarp i forhold til resten af billedet.)
  • 30 December 2003, Independent: Indonesian python puts squeeze on reptilian record Citat; "...Villagers in Indonesia have captured what is believed to be the longest snake in the world – a 15-metre (49.21ft) python, which weighs nearly 450kg (992lb)..."
• Det Kongelige Bibliotek: H. C. Andersen: Eventyr 153: Den store Søslange. (1872)