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Maelstrom
A maelstrom ( or ) is a very powerful whirlpool; a large, swirling body of water. A free vortex, it has considerable downdraft. The power of tidal whirlpools tends to be exaggerated by laymen.〔(MythBusters Episode 56: Killer Whirlpool ). Mythbustersresults.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-26.〕 There are few stories of large ships ever being sucked into a maelstrom, although smaller craft are in danger.〔(10 Magnificent Maelstroms ). WebEcoist. Retrieved on 2011-10-26.〕 Despite this, tsunami or sinkhole-generated maelstroms may even threaten larger craft. Tales like those by Paul the Deacon, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jules Verne are entirely fictional.〔Paul the Deacon, ''History of the Lombards'' (8th century AD); Edgar Allan Poe, "A Descent into the Maelström" (1841); and Jules Verne, ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'' (1870).〕
One of the earliest uses in English of the Scandinavian word (''malström'' or ''malstrøm'') was by Edgar Allan Poe in his story "A Descent into the Maelström" (1841). In turn, the Nordic word is derived from the Dutch ''maelstrom'', modern spelling ''maalstroom'', from ''malen'' (''to grind'') and ''stroom'' (''stream''), to form the meaning ''grinding current'' or literally "mill-stream", in the sense of milling (grinding) grain.〔
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==Notable maelstroms==
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