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  2. Leviathan in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    The Leviathan of the Book of Job is a reflection of the older Canaanite Lotan, a primeval monster defeated by the god Baal Hadad.Parallels to the role of Mesopotamian Tiamat defeated by Marduk have long been drawn in comparative mythology, as have been wider comparisons to dragon and world serpent narratives such as Indra slaying Vrtra or Thor slaying Jörmungandr, [1] but Leviathan already ...

  3. Leviathan - Wikipedia

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    The Leviathan (/ l ɪ ˈ v aɪ. ə θ ən / liv-EYE-ə-thən; Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן, romanized: Līvyāṯān; Greek: Λεβιάθαν) is a sea serpent demon noted in theology and mythology. It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible , including Psalms , the Book of Job , the Book of Isaiah , and the pseudepigraphical Book of ...

  4. Leviathan (Hobbes book) - Wikipedia

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    Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil, commonly referred to as Leviathan, is a book written by Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and published in 1651 (revised Latin edition 1668). [1] [5] [6] Its name derives from the biblical Leviathan.

  5. Lotan - Wikipedia

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    The myth of Hadad defeating Lotan, Yahweh defeating Leviathan, Marduk defeating Tiamat (etc.) in the mythologies of the Ancient Near East are classical examples of the Chaoskampf mytheme, also reflected in Zeus' slaying of Typhon in Greek mythology, [8] Thor's struggle against Jörmungandr in the Gylfaginning portion of the Prose Edda, [9] and ...

  6. List of demons in fiction - Wikipedia

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    Leviathan (Obey Me) Leviathan (Umineko no Naku Koro Ni) Leviathan ; Libicocco (Dante's Inferno) Ligur (Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, Good Omens) Lilith (multiple works) Lipstick-Face Demon ; Little Horn (The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth) Little Nicky (Little Nicky) Loc-Nar (Heavy Metal)

  7. Thomas Hobbes - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Hobbes (/ h ɒ b z / HOBZ; 5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679) was an English philosopher, best known for his 1651 book Leviathan, in which he expounds an influential formulation of social contract theory. [4]

  8. Tribe of Levi - Wikipedia

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    According to the Bible, the Tribe of Levi is one of the tribes of Israel, traditionally descended from Levi, son of Jacob.The descendants of Aaron, who was the first High Priest of Israel, were designated as the priestly class, the Kohanim.

  9. Bahamut - Wikipedia

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    Bahamut, according to Lane's abstract of a particular Islamic work on cosmography, is a giant fish acting as one of the layers that supports the earth. [13] It is so immense "[all] the seas of the world, placed in one of the fish's nostrils, would be like a mustard seed laid in the desert". [13]