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Leviathan is a massive sea monster mentioned in the Bible and expanded upon in later Jewish and Christian folklore.

She is the enemy of the Behemoth, and according to some Jewish traditions, the two will fight to the death on the Day of Judgement only to be slain by God. Their meat will make for a feast for the Righteous and Leviathan's skin will be used as a covering to the tent where the banquet will take place (I had originally sketched Leviathan with crocodile-like legs, but in addition to a few alleged witnesses describing great fins, this would mean the creature wouldn't be Kosher, so I changed them to fins).

The Rabbi Johanan bar Nappaha described Leviathan as having horns, and Rabbi Eliezer argued that its body and especially its eyes had great illuminating power (hence the bioluminescence in this drawing).

The only creature the Leviathan is truly afraid of is a small worm called the Kibit, which clings to the gills of large fish and kills them.

Description
Leviathan is a massive sea monster mentioned in the Bible and expanded upon in later Jewish and Christian folklore.

She is the enemy of the Behemoth, and according to some Jewish traditions, the two will fight to the death on the Day of Judgement only to be slain by God. Their meat will make for a feast for the Righteous and Leviathan's skin will be used as a covering to the tent where the banquet will take place (I had originally sketched Leviathan with crocodile-like legs, but in addition to a few alleged witnesses describing great fins, this would mean the creature wouldn't be Kosher, so I changed them to fins).

The Rabbi Johanan bar Nappaha described Leviathan as having horns, and Rabbi Eliezer argued that its body and especially its eyes had great illuminating power (hence the bioluminescence in this drawing).

The only creature the Leviathan is truly afraid of is a small worm called the Kibit, which clings to the gills of large fish and kills them.