Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.” (Isaiah 27:1) The peoples of the Bible were ...

But long before there was a Christian devil, God had a first worst enemy: the great mythical sea monster, best known by the name Leviathan. The cosmic showdown ... which the god Baal kills the ...

A sea serpent from Olaus Magnus's book History of the Northern Peoples, 1555. Image via Wikimedia Commons 'Sea serpent myths go back into antiquity to a point in time we can't even discern,' Oliver ...