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The Myth of Dragons Unveiled
Leviathan, in the Bible, one of the names of the primeval dragon subdued
by Yahweh at the outset of creation. The biblical references to the battle
between Yahweh and Leviathan reflect a myth found throughout the ancient
Near East. In this myth, creation is represented as the victory of the
creator-god over a monster of chaos. The basic pattern of the Leviathan
myth recurs in the Greek story of the battle between Zeus and the
many-headed dragon Typhon, recounted by Hesiod in the Theogony.
A more ancient version of the myth appears in the Babylonian Creation Epic, in
which the storm god Marduk defeats the sea monster Tiamat. In the Jewish
apocalyptic writings it is foretold that Leviathan will break out of
captivity at the end of the present era but will suffer a second and
final defeat at the hands of God (2 Esdras 6:52; 2 Baruch 29:3-8).
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