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maelstrom
A maelstrom (or malström) is a very powerful whirlpool; a large, swirling body of water. The word was introduced from the Nordic form by Edgar Allan Poe in his story A Descent into the Maelstrom (1841). Actually, the Nordic word is borrowed from the Dutch maalstroom[1] which means grinding stream. The original Maelstrom (described by Poe and others) is the Moskstraumen, a powerful tidal current in the Lofoten Islands off the Norwegian coast.[2]
Maelstrom in popular culture
- Walt Disney Pictures'
2007 film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, features a scene in which theBlack Pearl and The Flying Dutchman engage in battle in the middle of an enormous maelstrom formed after the release of Calypso, goddess of the sea. Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of the film, described it as being "...the grandest scene in all of Cinema history"[citation needed]. - In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Captain Nemo's Nautilus makes its last appearance going down into a maelstrom.
- Various special attacks are named "Maelstrom" in the Final Fantasy series of video games. Specifically Edea from Final Fantasy 8 and Ashe from Final Fantasy 12
- In Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Khan Noonien Singh pledges to chase James T. Kirk "'round the Antares Maelstrom" rather than give him up.
- In the MMORPG World of Warcraft, at the center of the two continents on Azeroth, there is a strong maelstrom.
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