"Lotan Lotan (Ugaritic: 𐎍𐎚𐎐""-ltn"", transliterated ""Lôtān"", ""Litan"", or ""Litānu"", meaning ""coiled"") is a servant of the sea god Yam defeated by the storm god Hadad-Baʿal in the Ugaritic ""Baal Cycle"". possibly with the help or by the hand of his sister ʿAnat. Lotan seems to have been prefigured by the serpent ""Têmtum"" represented in Syrian seals of the 18th–16th century BC, and finds a later reflex in the sea monster ""Leviathan"", whose defeat at the hands of Yahweh is alluded to in the biblical Book of Job and in Isaiah 27:1. Lambert (2003) went as far as the claim that"
"now, Behemoth pulls the peasants' plow"" several times. In a letter to his sister Mariana, Khalil Gibran told her that his health was ""as good as a Bahamut,"" which is thought to derive from the biblical ""Behemoth."" Behemoth Behemoth (; , ""behemot"") is a beast mentioned in . Suggested identities range from a mythological creature to an elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, or buffalo. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful entity. Job 40:15–24 describes Behemoth, and then the sea-monster Leviathan, to demonstrate to Job the futility of questioning God, who alone has created these"
"of 8 serpents gnawing on the roots of Yggdrasil: Nidhöggr, Gravvitnir, Moin, Goin, Grábakr, Grafvölluðr, Svafnir and Ofnir. Sea serpents were giant cryptozoological creatures once believed to live in water, whether sea monsters such as the Leviathan or lake monsters such as the Loch Ness Monster. If they were referred to as ""sea snakes"", they were understood to be the actual snakes that live in Indo-Pacific waters (Family Hydrophiidae). Snakes entwined the staffs both of Hermes (the caduceus) and of Asclepius, where a single snake entwined the rough staff. On Hermes' caduceus, the snakes were not merely duplicated for symmetry,"
"of west, listing it as one of the Four Crown Princes of Hell. This association was inspired by the demonic hierarchy from ""The Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin the Mage"". The Church of Satan uses the Hebrew letters at each of the points of the Sigil of Baphomet to represent Leviathan. Starting from the lowest point of the pentagram, and reading counter-clockwise, the word reads ""לויתן"": Hebrew for ""Leviathan"". Leviathan Leviathan (; ) is a creature with the form of a sea monster from Jewish belief, referenced in the Hebrew Bible in the Book of Job, Psalms, the"
"Hebrew Bible's of Book of Genesis, Exodus, Deuteronomy, Psalms, Job, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and Jeremiah. They are explicitly listed among the creatures created by God on the fifth day of the Genesis creation narrative, translated in the King James Version as ""great whales"". The tannin is listed in the apocalypse of Isaiah as among the sea beasts to be slain by Yahweh ""on that day"", translated in the King James Version as ""the dragon"". In Jewish mythology, Tannin is sometimes conflated with the related sea monsters Leviathan and Rahab. Along with Rahab, ""Tannin"" was a name applied to ancient Egypt after"
"texts such as the Bible. It mentions whales in Genesis 1:21, Job 7:12, and Ezekiel 32:2. The ""leviathan"" described at length in Job 41:1-34 is generally understood to refer to a whale. The ""sea monsters"" in Lamentations 4:3 have been taken by some to refer to marine mammals, in particular whales, although most modern versions use the word ""jackals"" instead. The story of Jonah being swallowed by a great fish is told both in the Qur'an and in the Bible. A medieval column capital sculpture depicting this was made in the 12th century in the abbey church in Mozac, France."
"century . Sea serpents feature prominently in the mythology of the Ancient Near East. They are attested by the 3rd millennium in Sumerian iconography depicting the god Ninurta overcoming a seven-headed serpent. It was common for Near Eastern religions to include a ""Chaoskampf"": a cosmic battle between a sea monster representing the forces of chaos and a creator god or culture hero who imposes order by force. The Babylonian creation myth describes Marduk's defeat of the serpent goddess Tiamat, whose body was used to create the heavens and the earth. The Leviathan is mentioned six times in the Tanakh, in"
"Tannin (monster) Tannin () or Tunannu (Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎐𐎐 ""tnn"", vocalized ""tu-un-na-nu"") was a sea monster in Canaanite, Phoenician, and Hebrew mythology used as a symbol of chaos and evil. The name may derive from a root meaning ""howling"" or from coiling in a manner like smoke. In modern Hebrew usage the word Tanin (תנין) means ""crocodile."" Tannin appears in the Baal Cycle as one of the servants of Yam ( ""Sea"") defeated by Baʿal ( ""Lord"") or bound by his sister, ʿAnat. He is usually depicted as serpentine, possibly with a double tail. The ""tanninim"" () also appear in the"
"monster, and from the early 17th century has also been used of overwhelmingly powerful people or things (comparable to Behemoth or Juggernaut), influentially so by Hobbes' book (1651). As a term for sea monster, it has also been used of great whales in particular, e.g. in Herman Melville's ""Moby-Dick"". In Modern Hebrew, the word now simply means ""whale"". Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote a sonnet, ""The Kraken"" (1830), which describes Kraken, a Leviathan-like massive creature that dwells at the bottom of the sea. Anton Szandor LaVey in his ""Satanic Bible"" (1969) has Leviathan representing the element of Water and the direction"
"Bible mentions whales in Genesis 1:21, Job 7:12, Ezekiel 32:2. The ""sea monsters"" in Lamentations 4:3 have been taken by some commentators to refer to marine mammals, in particular whales, although most modern versions use the word ""jackals"" instead (Lamentations 4:3). The story of Jonah being swallowed by a ""big Fish"" is told both in the Qur'an () and in the Bible. The Old Testament contains the Book of Jonah and in the New Testament, Jesus mentions this story in Matthew 12:40 (Jonah 1-4). Many religions have considered cattle to be sacred, most famously Hinduism from India and Nepal, but"
"Behemoth Behemoth (; , ""behemot"") is a beast mentioned in . Suggested identities range from a mythological creature to an elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, or buffalo. Metaphorically, the name has come to be used for any extremely large or powerful entity. Job 40:15–24 describes Behemoth, and then the sea-monster Leviathan, to demonstrate to Job the futility of questioning God, who alone has created these beings and who alone can capture them. C. L. Patton lists several interpretations of the nature of these beasts, including the idea that they are chaos monsters destroyed by the deity at the time of creation. Leviathan"
"metalworker and a goldsmith two images one of which ""shall hold in its left hand a snake of cedar, raising its right [hand] to the god Nabu"". At the tell of Tepe Gawra, at least seventeen Early Bronze Age Assyrian bronze serpents were recovered. The Sumerian fertility god Ningizzida was sometimes depicted as a serpent with a human head, eventually becoming a god of healing and magic. In the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Genesis refers to a serpent who triggered the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden in Eden (). ""Serpent"" is also used to describe sea"
"is identified figuratively with both the primeval sea (, ) and in apocalyptic literature – describing the end-time – as that adversary, the Devil, from before creation who will finally be defeated. In the divine speeches in Job, Behemoth and Leviathan may both be seen as composite and mythical creatures with enormous strength, which humans like Job could not hope to control. But both are reduced to the status of divine pets, with rings through their noses and Leviathan on a leash. In Jewish apocrypha and pseudepigrapha such as the 2nd century BCE Book of Enoch, Behemoth is the primal"
"case remains one of extreme difficulty. Notwithstanding the scepticism of recent commentators, it appears fairly certain that the ""fugitive serpent"" of Job, xxvi, 13 (""coluber tortuosus"" in the Vulgate) does really stand for the circumpolar reptile. The Euphratean constellation Draco is of hoary antiquity, and would quite probably have been familiar to Job. On the other hand, Rahab (Job 9:13; 26:12), translated ""whale"" in the Septuagint, is probably of legendary or symbolical import. Biblical astronomy The various authors of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh, or Old Testament) have provided various names to stars and planets. Except for Earth, Venus and Saturn"
"the serpent's venom. John Lindow draws a parallel between Jörmungandr's biting of its own tail and the binding of Fenrir, as part of a recurring theme of the bound monster in Norse mythology, where an enemy of the gods is bound but destined to break free at Ragnarok. Asteroid 471926 Jörmungandr was named after the fictional sea serpent. The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 (). Jörmungandr In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (, pronounced , meaning ""huge monster""), also known as the Midgard (World) Serpent (), is a sea serpent, the middle child of the"
"used in the Bible Tanakh in the first book of ; and says that at that time, people began to ""call upon the name of the LORD"". In some places, especially in , Yahweh is clearly envisioned as a storm god, something not true of Ēl so far as we know (although true of his son, Ba'al Hadad). It is Yahweh who is prophesied to one day battle Leviathan the serpent, and slay the dragon in the sea in . The slaying of the serpent in myth is a deed attributed to both Ba’al Hadad and ‘Anat in the Ugaritic"
"with the serpent in Eden, in Revelation 12:9: ""This great dragon — the ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, the one deceiving the whole world — was thrown down to the earth with all his angels."" Christian teaching about the Satan (Hebrew , ""Adversary""), to whom God proposes his servant Job is that he appears in the heavenly court to challenge Job, with God's permission. This is one of two Old Testament passages, along with Zechariah 3, where Hebrew ""ha-Satan"" (the Adversary) becomes Greek ""ho diabolos"" (the Slanderer) in the Greek Septuagint used by the early Christian church. Christian"
"the servants of the sea god Yammu defeated by Hadad in the ""Baal Cycle"". The Ugaritic account has gaps, making it unclear whether some phrases describe him or other monsters at Yammu's disposal such as Tunannu (the biblical Tannin). Most scholars agree on describing Lôtān as ""the fugitive serpent"" (""bṯn brḥ"") but he may or may not be ""the wriggling serpent"" (""bṯn ʿqltn"") or ""the mighty one with seven heads"" (""šlyṭ d.šbʿt rašm""). His role seems to have been prefigured by the earlier serpent Têmtum whose death at the hands of Hadad is depicted in Syrian seals of the 18th–16th"
"been depicted as a serpent. Although this identification is not present in the Adam and Eve narrative, this interpretation goes back at least as far as the time of the writing of the Book of Revelation, which specifically identifies Satan as being the serpent (Rev. 20:2). In the Bible, the devil is identified with ""the dragon"" and ""the old serpent"" in the Book of Revelation 12:9, 20:2 have also been identified with Satan, as has ""the prince of this world"" in the Gospel of John 12:31, 14:30; and ""the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience"" in the"
"monster appears in the ""Legend of Saint Brendan"", where it was called Jasconius. Because of its size, Brendan and his fellow voyagers mistake it for an island and land to make camp. They celebrate Easter on the sleeping giant's back, but awaken it when they light their campfire. They race to their ship, and Brendan explains that the moving island is really Jasconius, who labors unsuccessfully to put his tail in its mouth. The same tale of a sea monster that is mistaken for an island is told in the first voyage of Sinbad the Sailor in ""The Book of"
"Jörmungandr In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr (, pronounced , meaning ""huge monster""), also known as the Midgard (World) Serpent (), is a sea serpent, the middle child of the giantess Angrboða and Loki. According to the ""Prose Edda"", Odin took Loki's three children by Angrboða—the wolf Fenrir, Hel, and Jörmungandr—and tossed Jörmungandr into the great ocean that encircles Midgard. The serpent grew so large that he was able to surround the earth and grasp his own tail. As a result, he received the name of the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent. When he releases his tail, Ragnarök will begin. Jörmungandr's arch-enemy"
"Eden. Throughout the Hebrew Bible, it is also used in conjunction with ""saraph"" to describe vicious serpents in the wilderness. The ""tannin"", a dragon monster, also occurs throughout the Hebrew Bible. In the Book of Exodus, the staffs of Moses and Aaron are turned into serpents, a ""nāḥāš"" for Moses, a ""tannin"" for Aaron. In the New Testament, the Book of Revelation makes use of ""ancient serpent"" and ""the Dragon"" several times to identify Satan or the devil. (; ) The serpent is most often identified with the hubristic Satan, and sometimes with Lilith. The story of the Garden of"
"Serpents in the Bible Serpents ( ""nāḥāš"") are referred to in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The symbol of a serpent or snake played important roles in religious and cultural life of ancient Egypt, Canaan, Mesopotamia and Greece. The serpent was a symbol of evil power and chaos from the underworld as well as a symbol of fertility, life and healing. ""Nāḥāš"", Hebrew for ""snake"", is also associated with divination, including the verb form meaning ""to practice divination or fortune-telling"". In the Hebrew Bible, ""Nāḥāš"" occurs in the Torah to identify the serpent in the Garden of"
"Morgawr (folklore) In Cornish folklore, the Morgawr (meaning ""sea giant"" in Cornish) is a sea serpent that purportedly inhabits the sea near Falmouth Bay, Cornwall, England. According to legend, the creature first appeared near Pendennis Point in 1975, described as having a trunk with a very long neck and black or brown skin ""like a sea lion's"". Local mackerel fisherman blamed bad weather and poor fishing on supposed sightings of the monster. Some versions of the story say the monster appeared after German submarine U28 torpedoed a British merchant ship during World War I, and describe it as 60 feet"
"those on board ""saw a most terrible creature, resembling nothing they saw before. The monster lifted its head so high that it seemed to be higher than the crow's nest on the mainmast. The head was small and the body short and wrinkled. The unknown creature was using giant fins which propelled it through the water. Later the sailors saw its tail as well. The monster was longer than our whole ship"", wrote Egede. (Mareš, 1997) Sea serpent A sea serpent or sea dragon is a type of dragon described in various mythologies, most notably Greek (Cetus, Echidna, Hydra, Scylla),"
"Book of Genesis never mentions Satan, Christians have traditionally interpreted the serpent in the Garden of Eden as Satan due to , which calls Satan ""that ancient serpent"". This verse, however, is probably intended to identify Satan with the Leviathan, a monstrous sea-serpent whose destruction by Yahweh is prophesied in . The first recorded individual to identify Satan with the serpent from the Garden of Eden was the second-century AD Christian apologist Justin Martyr, in chapters 45 and 79 of his ""Dialogue with Trypho"". Other early church fathers to mention this identification include Theophilus and Tertullian. The early Christian Church,"
"the Exodus to Canaan. In modern scholarship, Tannin is sometimes associated with Tiamat and, in modern Hebrew, the name ""tannin"" means crocodile. The name has subsequently been given to three submarines in the Israeli Navy: the first, an S-class submarine formerly known as HMS ""Springer"", was in commission from 1958 until 1972. The second, a ""Gal""-class submarine, was in commission from 1977 until 2002. The third INS ""Tanin"" is a ""Dolphin""-class submarine in commission since 2014. Tannin (monster) Tannin () or Tunannu (Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎐𐎐 ""tnn"", vocalized ""tu-un-na-nu"") was a sea monster in Canaanite, Phoenician, and Hebrew mythology used as a"
"in which Medea is given her grandfather's chariot, which is pulled by serpents through the sky. In the Hebrew Bible the serpent in the Garden of Eden lured Eve with the promise of being like God, tempting her that despite God's warning, death would not be the result, that God was withholding knowledge from her. Although the serpent is identified as Satan in the Book of Revelation, in Genesis the serpent is portrayed merely as a deceptive creature or trickster, promoting as good what God had directly forbidden, and particularly cunning in its deception (Gen. 3:4–5 and 3:22). The staff"
"his heel"" (KJV). Following the imagery of chapter 12 of the Book of Revelation, Bernard of Clairvaux had called Mary the ""conqueror of dragons"", and she was long to be shown crushing a snake underfoot, also a reference to her title as the ""New Eve"". Serpents in the Bible Serpents ( ""nāḥāš"") are referred to in both the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The symbol of a serpent or snake played important roles in religious and cultural life of ancient Egypt, Canaan, Mesopotamia and Greece. The serpent was a symbol of evil power and chaos from the underworld as"
"Testament, from the book of Job. The word in Hebrew is ""laiisch"" (ליש), an uncommon word for lion, which in other translations of Job is rendered as either lion or tiger; in the Septuagint it is translated as ""mermecolion"", ant-lion. Myrmecoleon The Myrmecoleon or Ant-lion is a fantastical animal from classical times, possibly by error from the Septuagint version of the book of Job, reappearing in the Greek Christian ""Physiologus"" of the 3rd or 4th century A.D. It is found in Medieval bestiaries such as the ""Hortus Sanitatis"" of Jacob Meydenbach. also referenced in some sources as a Formicaleon (Antlion),"
"sea monster, part crocodilian, part fish and part toad or frog, with indefinite gender. Always hungry, every joint on its body was adorned with an extra mouth. The deity Tezcatlipoca sacrificed a foot when he used it as bait to draw the monster nearer. He and Quetzalcoatl created the earth from its body. In the Maya tzolk'in the day Cipactli corresponds to Imix. In the Mayan Popol Vuh, the name of the earthquake demon, Sipakna, apparently derives from Cipactli. Sipakna is the demon Sipak of 20th-century Highland Maya oral tradition. In Migian, Cipactli is Quanai. Cipactli Cipactli () 'Crocodile' or"
"Stoor worm The stoor worm, or Mester Stoor Worm, was a gigantic evil sea serpent of Orcadian folklore, capable of contaminating plants and destroying animals and humans with its putrid breath. It is probably an Orkney variant of the Norse Jörmungandr, also known as the Midgard Serpent, or world serpent, and has been described as a sea dragon. The king of one country threatened by the beast's arrival was advised to offer it a weekly sacrifice of seven virgins. In desperation the king eventually issued a proclamation offering his kingdom, his daughter's hand in marriage and a magic sword to"
"made creatures grow larger and live longer, so that humans of that time were giants. As the term ""dinosaur"" was coined by Richard Owen in 1842, the Bible does not use the word ""dinosaur"". Some creationist organizations propose that the Hebrew word ""tanniyn"" (תנין, ), mentioned nearly thirty times in the Old Testament, should be considered a synonym. In English translations, ""tanniyn"" has been translated as ""sea monster"" or ""serpent"", but most often it is translated as ""dragon"". Additionally, in the Book of Job, a ""behemoth"" () is described as a creature that ""moves his tail like a cedar""; the"