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Leviathan also figures in the Hebrew Bible as a metaphor for a powerful enemy, notably Babylon (Isaiah 27:1). Some 19th-century scholars pragmatically interpreted it as referring to large aquatic creatures, such as the crocodile. [5] The word later came to be used as a term for great whale and for sea monsters in general.
Asses have always been an important item in the resources of the Eastern peoples, and we are repeatedly told in the Bible about the herds of these animals owned by the patriarchs (Genesis 12:16; 30:43; 36:24, etc.), and wealthy Israelites (1 Samuel 9:3; 1 Chronicles 27:30, etc.).
Lotan (ltn) is an adjectival formation meaning "coiled", here used as a proper name; [7] the same creature has a number of possible epitheta, including "the fugitive serpent" (bṯn brḥ) and maybe (with some uncertainty deriving from manuscript lacunae) "the wriggling serpent" (bṯn ʿqltn) and "the mighty one with seven heads" (šlyṭ d ...
Pages in category "Mythological aquatic creatures" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The story goes that one day all the creatures of the sea must offer themselves to the monster Leviathan. It is reported that a sailor encountered a sea goat while far at sea. On its horns was carved the sentence, translated as "I am a little sea-animal, yet I traversed three hundred parasangs to offer myself as food to the leviathan." [9] [10]
The Gill-man from Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) [14] The Gill-man from The She-Creature (1956) [15] The Gill-man from The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1958) [15] The Gill-men from City Under the Sea (1965) [16] The titular creatures from Humanoids from the Deep (1980) The mutant from Leviathan (1989) The aquatic aliens from The Abyss (1989)
Chalkydri (Ancient Greek: χαλκύδραι khalkýdrai, compound of χαλκός khalkós "brass, copper" + ὕδρα hýdra "hydra", "water-serpent" — lit. "brazen hydras", "copper serpents") are mythical creatures mentioned in the apocryphal Second Book of Enoch from the 1st century CE, often seen as an angelic species.
Merfolk are humanoid aquatic creatures with fish-like characteristics in Magic: The Gathering. Merfolk are humanoid aquatic creatures with fish-like characteristics in Spectromancer. In One Piece, the Merfolk are among the different races in the anime and one of the two types that dwell underwater (the other being the Fishmen).