Leviathan facts for kids
The Leviathan ( LIV-eye-Ə-thən; Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן, romanized: Līvyāṯān; Greek: Λεβιάθαν) is a sea monster mentioned in the Bible. It is often an embodiment of chaos. In the end, it is annihilated.
The word Leviathan has come to refer to any sea monster, and from the early 17th century has also been used to refer to overwhelmingly powerful people or things.
As a term for sea monster, it has also been used of great whales in particular, e.g. in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick.
An extinct genus of sperm whales bears the name Livyatan. A major cryovolcanic feature on Neptune's largest moon Triton has been named Leviathan Patera.
Images for kids
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Antichrist on Leviathan, Liber floridus, 1120
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"Leviathan" (1983) a painting by Michael Sgan-Cohen, the Israel Museum Collection, Jerusalem
See also
In Spanish: Leviatán para niños
