Leviathan
Leviathan is a giant sea serpent noted in theology and mythology. It is referenced in the Hebrew Bible, as a metaphor for a powerful enemy, notably Babylon. Leviathan is often an embodiment of chaos, threatening to eat the damned when their lives are over.
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When
- First attested
- 1000 BCE
- Attested period
- -1000 – 2022
- Historical notes
- Referenced in the Hebrew Bible.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Tiamat, Apep, Ra, Shemyaza, Astaroth, Ziz, Loki, Luduan, La Llorona, Lightning Bird, Lubber fiend, Laelaps, Lamia, La-bar-tu, Labbu, Lady midday, Ladon, Lakanica, Lakhey, Lamiak, La Mojana, Lampades, Landvættir, Langmeidong, Lares, La Sayona, La Tunda, Laukų dvasios, Lauma, Leanan sidhe, Leimoniads, Leszi, Leuce, Leyak, Lidérc, Lietuvēns, Likho, Lilin, Lilitu, Limnades, Ljósálfar, Ljubi, Lo-lol, Lóng, Loogaroo, Lugat, Lui-kong-tsiau, Luison, Lusca, Lutin, Lynx, Baal, Jezebel, Satanic portal, Longma, Asherah, El Shaddai, El Elyon, El Olam, ʽElyōn, angelic patrons of the nations, seven archangels, Satan, lamassu, El, Virgin Mary
- equivalent to
- Territorial spirits
- enemy of
- Yahweh
- sibling of
- Behemoth, primeval serpent
- syncretized with
- Ur
- manifested by
- Lotan
Mentioned by
Sources
- peer reviewed
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“In this belief system, the Leviathan appears as an Ouroboros, separating the divine realm from humanity by enveloping or permeating the material world. It is unknown whether or not the Ophites actually identified the serpent of the Garden of Eden with Leviathan.”
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“Sébastien Michaëlis, in his Admirable History (1612), placed Beelzebub among the three most prominent fallen angels, the other two being Lucifer and Leviathan.”
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“as Leviathan is the primeval female sea-monster, dwelling in "the Abyss", and Ziz the primordial sky-monster. Similarly, in the most ancient section of the Second Book of Esdras (6:47–52), written around AD 100 (3:1), the two are described as inhabiting the mountains and the seas”
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“Leviathan (Jewish) – Sea monster seen in Job 41”
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“Named demons include Jezebel, Baal, and Leviathan.”
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