The Muckle Mester Stoorworm is the name of a gigantic sea serpent, which stars in Orkney's creation myth. Its name is Norse, meaning huge serpent, and the beast itself is related to the Midgardsorm or World Serpent in Viking mythology. The Stoorworm, according to legend, was terrorising the world by eating young girls, until the [...]Read more of The great sea serpent...