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[[File:O-Magnus-CartaMarina.jpg|thumb|right|frame|Sea monsters on the Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus, 1539.]]
[[File:O-Magnus-CartaMarina.jpg|thumb|right|frame|Sea monsters on the Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus, 1539.]]
[[File:Coenen Leviathan.jpg|thumb|frame|right|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]]
'''''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.<br /><br />
'''''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.<br /><br />


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== 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
* De monstruos a símbolos, de héroes a criminales ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVY3i1WMwEA )


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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

leviathanBibl. 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

Italian

Greek

Creole

Animals leviathan may refer to:

References