they cut Selma in HALF in 1880 and the front rotted on the beach — Seljord, Norway

Seljordsvatnet in Telemark, 13 km long, deep cold fjord-lake. Local serpent's called Selma, Seljordsormen, and she's official enough to be on Seljord's coat of arms since 1989. Oldest written bit is 1750, thing circled a rowboat. 1786 the priest Hans Jacob Wille wrote it up in his description of the……