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A sea serpent is a type of sea monster described in various mythologies, [1] most notably in Mesopotamian cosmology (Tiamat), Ugaritic cosmology (Yam, Tannin), biblical cosmology (Leviathan, Rahab), Greek cosmology (Cetus, Echidna, Hydra, Scylla), and Norse cosmology (Jörmungandr).
Sea serpent, mythological and legendary marine animal that traditionally resembles an enormous snake. The belief in huge creatures that inhabited the deep was widespread throughout the ancient world. In the Old Testament there are several allusions to a primordial combat between God and a monstrous.
The Leviathan (/ lɪˈvaɪ.əθən / 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 Enoch.
Sea monsters are beings from folklore believed to dwell in the sea and are often imagined to be of immense size. Marine monsters can take many forms, including sea dragons , sea serpents , or tentacled beasts.
Jörmungandr is a famous sea creature from Norse mythology known as the Midgard Serpent or the World Serpent. It is the child of Loki and giant Angrboða. The serpent is so large that it can wrap itself around the earth and bite its own tail.
Though alarming in appearance, sea serpents are not known ever to have killed any human, despite hysterical Muggle accounts of their ferocious behaviour. Reaching lengths of up to a hundred feet,...
Sea serpents. Sea serpents and sea dragons appear in stories from all over the world dating back to antiquity, and are usually depicted creating havoc for sailors. A sea serpent from Olaus Magnus's book History of the Northern Peoples, 1555. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
