Iceland has seen quite a few sea monsters through the ages.

The most famous one is probably Iceland?s equivalent to the Loch Ness Monster, the Worm of Lagarfljót Lake in east Iceland. According to a legend, the giant worm was originally a harmless little earthworm. A local girl once put it on top of her gold ring to make the gold grow. But the worm grew too and the girl threw it into Lagarfljót along with her ring. The worm has lived there since, guarding the gold, which must be worth millions by now.

There is another famous story of Jörmundgandur, the Midgard Serpent, a gigantic sea monster who surrounds the world and keeps it from falling apart by biting its own tail, as described in Snorra Edda.

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