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   Lotan

Lotan is the seven-headed sea serpent or dragon of Ugaritic myths. 

He is either a pet of the god IAH or Yaw or Yaw himself, who 

is also known as Yam (sea) or Nahar (river); the cosmic ocean of myth is 

often known as a great stream. The Hebrew analogue is the Leviathan. He 

represents the mass destruction of floods, oceans, and winter. He lives in 

a palace in the sea. He fights with THE LORD Hadad who scatters him.

Names

Lotan is also called: Yam, "Sir Sea", "Sir Stream", Yaw, Yamu, "Prince Sea", 

"Judge River", Tannin, Primeval Serpent, Lotan, Crooked Serpent, Sea 

Monster, close-coiling One, and the Tyrant of Seven Heads.

(source: wikipedia)

Leviathan

by Micha F. Lindemans

Literally, "coiled". In the Bible, and especially the Old Testament, the 

Leviathan is some sort of chaos animal in the shape of a crocodile or a 

serpent. In other bible texts it is taken to mean a whale or dolphin, 

because the animal is there described as living in the sea. Later the 

Leviathan became a symbol of evil, an anti-divine power (some sort of 

devil) which will be destroyed on Judgement Day.

The Leviathan appears in more than one religion. In Canaanite mythology 

and literature, it is a monster called Lotan, 'the fleeing serpent, the 

coiling serpent, the powerful with the seven heads'. It was eventually 

killed by Baal. The Leviathan is also the Ugaritic god of evil.

"This great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both 

small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom 

thou hast made to play therein."

   -- Ps. civ, 25-26

(source: EncyclopediaMythica)

(Note that "Leviathin" and "Lotan" are the same word, consider the 

spelling "Lewiathin" versus "Lodan"

Edited by Bismarck

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Bismarck Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 March 2006 Status: Offline Points: 286	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bismarck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: The Beast of Revellations has a name... Posted: 11 May 2006 at 8:42pm
	Lotan Lotan is the seven-headed sea serpent or dragon of Ugaritic myths. He is either a pet of the god IAH or Yaw or Yaw himself, who is also known as Yam (sea) or Nahar (river); the cosmic ocean of myth is often known as a great stream. The Hebrew analogue is the Leviathan. He represents the mass destruction of floods, oceans, and winter. He lives in a palace in the sea. He fights with THE LORD Hadad who scatters him. Names Lotan is also called: Yam, "Sir Sea", "Sir Stream", Yaw, Yamu, "Prince Sea", "Judge River", Tannin, Primeval Serpent, Lotan, Crooked Serpent, Sea Monster, close-coiling One, and the Tyrant of Seven Heads. (source: wikipedia) Leviathan by Micha F. Lindemans Literally, "coiled". In the Bible, and especially the Old Testament, the Leviathan is some sort of chaos animal in the shape of a crocodile or a serpent. In other bible texts it is taken to mean a whale or dolphin, because the animal is there described as living in the sea. Later the Leviathan became a symbol of evil, an anti-divine power (some sort of devil) which will be destroyed on Judgement Day. The Leviathan appears in more than one religion. In Canaanite mythology and literature, it is a monster called Lotan, 'the fleeing serpent, the coiling serpent, the powerful with the seven heads'. It was eventually killed by Baal. The Leviathan is also the Ugaritic god of evil. "This great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein." -- Ps. civ, 25-26 (source: EncyclopediaMythica) (Note that "Leviathin" and "Lotan" are the same word, consider the spelling "Lewiathin" versus "Lodan" Edited by Bismarck

BMZ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 03 April 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1852	Post Options Post Reply Quote BMZ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 May 2006 at 2:54am
	Bismarck, Reading the last chapter Revelations, could be injurious and hazardous to your health. As for me, I can't take it. I just don't know why John wrote it after he had written a gospel. If it was a different John then I don't know him. We have plenty of similar dreams, fables, imaginations and legends in our literature too. BR BMZ

DavidC Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Male Christian Joined: 20 September 2001 Location: Florida USA Status: Offline Points: 2474	Post Options Post Reply Quote DavidC Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 May 2006 at 7:21am
	Revelations was written by a different author than the Gospel of John.
	Christian; Wesleyan M.Div.

fredifreeloader Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group Joined: 17 February 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 456	Post Options Post Reply Quote fredifreeloader Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 May 2006 at 7:55am
	the name of the book is "the revelation" - not revelations
	for i am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth - romans 1: 16

Bismarck Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 01 March 2006 Status: Offline Points: 286	Post Options Post Reply Quote Bismarck Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 May 2006 at 9:57pm
	I forgot to mention the sources: http://www.pantheon.org/articles/l/lotan.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotan Just a note of warning, if you start to look into IAH the Babylonian chaos being, make sure you don't get confused with I.A.H. = International Airport, Houston, which is, of course, .t the same thing.