Sea Serpent is a broad, general category of sea monster. The term can be applied to any mythic or legendary marine creature that is large and vaguely serpentine-shaped. Sea serpents are closely associated with the mythological trope of the Chaoskampf, where a storm god representing order battles a primordial sea god representing chaos. This primordial sea god, which often takes the form of a serpent or dragon, is eventually defeated and killed by the storm god in order to create the world...
