Angels-LEVIATHAN

The word leviathan has come to mean any formidable or monstrous
creature. The original Leviathan, however, was a biblical multiheaded
sea monster defeated by Yahweh. Unfortunately,
the biblical references are brief, as in the following
passage:
“Thou didst divide the sea by thy might;
thou didst break the heads of the dragons on
the waters. Thou didst crush the heads of
Leviathan, thou didst give him as food for the
creatures of the wilderness (Ps. 74:13–14).
The lengthiest account of the confrontation
between God and Leviathan can be found
in chapter 41 of Job, though it is unclear how
much of Yahweh’s challenge to Job refers to an
earlier tale and how much is extemporaneous.
In any event, the Hebrew tale appears to derive
from a Ugarit story in which Baal defeats a
seven-headed sea monster with the aid of Mot.
Furthermore, this story seems to be a variation
of the well-known (to students of mythology)
Babylonian myth of Marduk’s defeat of the sea
monster Tiamat.
Leviathan is also associated with Behemoth,
another biblical sea monster. And,
because of the association between the Devil
and serpents, Leviathan is often identified with
Satan or designated as one of Satan’s demons.