Leviathan

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Sea monsters on the Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus, 1539.

The Leviathan, or Jonas and the whale. Image from Adriaen Coenen's Fish Book, folio 259v and 260r. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/adriaen-coenen-s-fish-book-1580#0-0

Sea monsters. Artist unknown, Italy, ca. 1650-1700. Rijskmuseum

leviathan • Bibl. sea monster. Can refer to a number of imaginary sea creatures, especially those of very large size. Whales were also commonly called Leviathans in a general and often negative connotation.

English

Leviathan

Portuguese

Leviatã; Monstro

Norwegian

Leviatan

Dutch

Leviathan; Zeemonster

German

Leviathan; Seeungeheuer; Seeungetüm

French

Léviathan

Spanish

Leviatán; Monstruo

Catalan

Leviatà; Monstre

Italian

Leviatano; Mostro

Greek

Λεβιάθαν; Τέρας

Creole

Monstru (Island of Santiago, Cape Verde)

Monstlu (Forro, creoule of São Tomé and Príncipe)

Animals leviathan may refer to:

• Whales

References

• Brito, C., N. Vieira & J.G. Freitas (2019). The wonder whale: a commodity, a monster, a show and an icon. Anthropozoologica 54 (3): 13-27. https://doi.org/10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v54a3
• Video De monstruos a símbolos, de héroes a criminales, narrated by Daniel Quiroz