Mythological cephalopods

thumb|A "colossal octopus" attacking ship, Wash (visual arts)|pen and wash by Pierre Denys-Montfort, engraved by Étienne Claude Voysard, 1801

is a gigantic octopus-like monster from Ainu folklore, similar to the Nordic kraken, which supposedly lurks in Uchiura Bay in Hokkaido.

In Caribbean folklore, the Lusca is a name given to a mythological sea monster said to exist in the region of the blue holes nearby Andros, an island in The Bahamas.

In the traditions of ancient Hawaii, Kanaloa is a god symbolized by the squid or by the octopus, and is typically associated with Kāne. It is also an alternative name for the island of Kahoolawe.