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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
In Hittite mythology, Illuyanka was a serpentine dragon slain by Tarḫunz (d IM), the Hittite incarnation of the Hurrian god of sky and storm. [1] It is known from Hittite cuneiform tablets found at Çorum-Boğazköy, the former Hittite capital Hattusa.
Lotan: A demonic dragon reigning the waters, a servant of the sea god Yam defeated by the storm god Hadad-Baʿal in the Ugaritic Baal Cycle. From Levantine mythology and Hebrew scriptures. Leviathan: A creature with the form of a sea monster from Jewish belief and from Levantine mythology. Mesopotamian dragons Abzu
Articles relating to Leviathan, a sea monster depicted in the Hebrew Bible. The character and its name are cognate with the sea monster Lotan in texts from Ugarit . Pages in category "Leviathan"
Lotan or Litanu (Ugaritic: Ltn) was a Levantine sea monster who fought the god Baʿal and developed in Hebrew lore as Leviathan. Lotan may also refer to: Lotan, Israel, a Kibbutz in southern Israel; Lotan Baba or Mohan Das, Indian holy man promoting peace by rolling his body along the ground when he travels; Lotan son of Seir, a person named in ...
Rahab appears in Psalm 89:10, Isaiah 51:9–10, and Job 26:12. Rahab, in these passages, takes the meaning of primeval, chaotic, multi-headed sea-dragon or Leviathan. Thou didst crush Rahab, as one that is slain; Thou didst scatter Thine enemies with the arm of Thy strength.