Sepron The Sea Serpent

:This article discusses significance-laden journeys. For other meanings see Quest (disambiguation)

In mythology and literature a quest ? a journey towards a goal ? serves as a plot device and (frequently) as a symbol. Quests appear in the folklore of every nationJosepha Sherman, Once upon a Galaxy p 142 ISBN 0-87483-387-6 and also figure prominently in non-national cultures. In literature, the objects of quests require great exertion on the part of the hero, and the overcoming of many obstacles, typically including much travel.

This travel also allows the storyteller to showcase exotic locations and cultures (an objective of the narrator, not of the character).Michael O. Riley, Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum, p 178-9, ISBN 0-7006-0832-X

:This article is about sea serpents in mythology and cryptozoology. For actual, well-known sea-living snakes, see Sea snake. For the constellation, see Hydra (constellation).

A sea serpent or sea dragon is a mythological sea monster either wholly or partly serpentine.

Sightings of sea serpents have been reported for hundreds of years, and continue to be claimed today. Cryptozoologist Bruce Champagne identified more than 1,200 purported sea serpent sightings.Bruce Champagne. A Preliminary Evaluation of a Study of the Morphology, Behavior, Autoecology, and Habitat of Large, Unidentified Marine Animals, Based on Recorded Field Observations. Available at strangeark. Pages 99-118 Despite these numerous sightings, no credible physical evidence has been recorded and it is currently believed that the sightings can be best explained as misidentification of known animals such as whales.

Some cryptozoologists have suggested that the sea serpents are relict plesiosaurs, mosasaurs or other Mesozoic marine reptiles, an idea often associated with lake monsters such as the Loch Ness Monster.