Learn in all the details who such a leviathan can be, after reading the Old Testament. It is there that this mythical monster is first mentioned. According to the mentioned book, the leviathan is a sea serpent, which has monstrous dimensions.
Who is the leviathan in the Bible?
As already mentioned above, this is a mythical monster that can destroy not only the whole of mankind, but also the planet Earth as such. Some religious texts call the leviathan a demon , which brings death and destruction. In some texts, the question of what this mythical character looks like and what he does is discussed in more detail.
According to the Bible, the monster Libyathan has the body of a snake, dwells in the sea. He has a huge size, and can not cope with it to an ordinary person. Leviathan is a male creature. According to one religious source, the female does not exist in nature, and according to information from another text, there is a female specimen, but the reproduction of these creatures is impossible. Both books converge in one. It was God who understood that a sea demon could destroy humanity and deprive him of the ability to have offspring. This means that the leviathan in nature, if it exists, only in a single copy. He sleeps in the depths of the sea, but he can wake up, after which he will get on the ground and destroy humanity. Wake up a demon can do anything, for example, it can be industrial noise or research of various ocean basins. The exact location of the monster is not indicated in any of the texts of the Bible. At the moment no one knows in which sea or ocean according to legends and mythical stories the demon sleeps.
How to kill leviathan?
In the Bible, there are several texts that talk about how this monster will be destroyed. According to one of them God will strike the demon.
The Bible states that a man can not destroy this monster. Only God himself or the archangel Gabriel can do this. In films and literature, a character such as Leviathan is often used. But, in some artistic subjects, it is the person who kills the monster, which, as is clear, is contrary to religious texts.