Leviathan

In Jewish folklore, Leviathan (/lɪˈvaɪ.əθən/; Hebrew: לִוְיָתָן‎, Livyatan) is a creature with the form of a sea serpent, referenced in the Hebrew Bible in the Book of Job, Psalms, the Book of Isaiah, the Book of Amos; it is also mentioned in the apocryphal First Book of Enoch. The Leviathan of the Book of Job is a reflection of the older Canaanite Lotan, which is a call back to the creature, known in Akkadian as the mušḫuššu, meaning “furious serpent”. It was used as a symbol for particular deities and also as a general protective emblem, and even further back the tales of massive snake-like beasts of the sea can be found. In truth, leviathans are massive snakes that inhabit the seas. They can become huge, about half the size of a kraken, and are reptilian (meaning that they surface to breathe). They have poisonous bites, which mean little when they can easily swallow a human whole. They are covered in tough scales and can wrap around large prey such as whales to constrict and drown them before consummation.