


The Lair of the White Worm is a 1911 novel by Bram Stoker, made into a 1988 film by director Ken Russell.The Mongolian Death Worm, a cryptozoological creature reported to exist in the Gobi Desert.The Worm of Linton, of 12th-century Scottish legend.The Worm of Sockburn, of 14th-century English legend.The Lambton Worm, of 15th-century English legend, also made into an opera by Robert Sherlaw Johnson.The word " worm" includes earthworms, and mythological and fantastic creatures descending from the Old English word "wyrm", a poetic term for a legless serpent or dragon. The list of fictional worms is categorized by media. For a comprehensive account of worms in fiction, see Fictional depictions of worms.
