Søslange
- Der findes et stjernebillede ved navn Søslangen.
- For virkelige slanger der lever i havet, se havslange.
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.
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- 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..."
- Det Kongelige Bibliotek: H. C. Andersen: Eventyr 153: Den store Søslange. (1872)