sea serpent

“It definitely looks fanciful; it evokes the sea serpent mythology.”

Near the coast of Norway, Magnus depicts a bright-red sea serpent attacking a ship that tilts as though it’s being taken under.

In Norse mythology, a monstrous sea serpent wrapped itself around the world’s waters.

In 1842, a vast, nearly intact skeleton was unearthed on a plantation in Alabama; it was soon identified as a member of Basilosaurus, a recently named genus of prehistoric sea serpent.

The salad fork, at least, a rigid sea serpent with four braided tongues for tines, did come from Dalí’s own drawing.