Leviathan: One of the 7 Deadly Demons & the Terror of the Deep

Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. The topic of this video is Leviathan, the biblical sea monster, a monster so infamous that his very name has become a byword for all giant creatures and mythical terrors who lurk in the dark depths beneath the waves. Depending on the source, it is either a large sea animal, a sea monster, an archdemon, another name for Satan, or a wellspring of power that can be tapped into by those with arcane knowledge or unorthodox religious beliefs.

We’re going to begin with the Book of Job, which is where most of the biblical information about Leviathan comes from. Next, we’ll take a look at how he factors into demonology, modern Satanism, and the occult.

Alright, let’s get into it.

Most of the Biblical information about Leviathan comes from the Book of Job, from chapter 41. In it, he’s described as a giant sea monster: invincible scales armoring his body, fire erupting from his mouth, and smoke billowing from his nostrils. Mortal weapons are useless against him, and such is his strength that to him steel is like straw and brass like rotten wood. To see him is to have the frozen fist of fear grasp one’s heart, and not even the bravest can stand before him.

Here’s the passage that elaborates further:

“His teeth are terrible… His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. By his… [sneezing] a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or cauldron. His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth…his heart is as firm as stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid…The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.”

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