Serpent
The Serpent -- specifically the Long Serpent -- is a famous warship attested in the Heimskringla.
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The Serpent -- specifically the Long Serpent -- is a famous warship attested in the Heimskringla. "The king stood on the gangways of the Long Serpent" during battle (Heimskringla, Chapter 119), placing this vessel at the center of naval combat under King Olaf Tryggvason. The Long Serpent was one of the most celebrated ships in the Norse tradition, and its mention here positions it as the flagship from which the king directed the fighting.
The Serpent entity is connected to Raud and Crane through identification, and to Earl Eirik, Hyrning, and Thorkel Nefia as figures involved in the same naval engagements.