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Myths and Legends of the Deep {Thursday, Period 2}
Today's lesson was back in the classroom.
Summer had the projector set up, with an image depicted on the front boards. As soon as the students settled in, Summer began the lecture.
"Today, we're going to discuss the myth of Leviathan. It is a sea monster in the Bible and in demonology, it is known as the gatekeeper and one of the seven princes of Hell."
Lovely, wasn't it?
"Jewish sources have described Leviathan as a dragon who, along with the male land-dragon Behemoth, will be served up to the righteous at the end of time," Summer explained. "Leviathan is said to be of enormous size and both his body and eyes possess great illuminating power. In the Middle Ages, Leviathan was said to be an image representing Satan, endangering both God's creatures—by attempting to eat them—and God's creation—by threatening it with upheaval in the waters of Chaos. He then became associated with the visual motif of the HellmouthSunnydale anyone?, a monstrous animal into whose mouth the damned disappear at the Last Judgement."
"In Satanism, Leviathan represents the element of Water and the direction of West. The element of Water in Satanism is associated with life and creation, and may be represented by a Chalice during ritual. In The Satanic Bible, Leviathan is listed as one of the Four Crown Princes of Hell."
"In classic literature, Leviathan refers to great whales and in modern Hebrew, it simply means whale," Summer added, in an attempt to at least add a bit of positivity to the day's lesson. "I suppose there has to be both a positive and negative aspect to any name throughout history or mythology and possibly, religion as well." Just not in this case.
[OCD is a go!]
Summer had the projector set up, with an image depicted on the front boards. As soon as the students settled in, Summer began the lecture.
"Today, we're going to discuss the myth of Leviathan. It is a sea monster in the Bible and in demonology, it is known as the gatekeeper and one of the seven princes of Hell."
Lovely, wasn't it?
"Jewish sources have described Leviathan as a dragon who, along with the male land-dragon Behemoth, will be served up to the righteous at the end of time," Summer explained. "Leviathan is said to be of enormous size and both his body and eyes possess great illuminating power. In the Middle Ages, Leviathan was said to be an image representing Satan, endangering both God's creatures—by attempting to eat them—and God's creation—by threatening it with upheaval in the waters of Chaos. He then became associated with the visual motif of the Hellmouth
"In Satanism, Leviathan represents the element of Water and the direction of West. The element of Water in Satanism is associated with life and creation, and may be represented by a Chalice during ritual. In The Satanic Bible, Leviathan is listed as one of the Four Crown Princes of Hell."
"In classic literature, Leviathan refers to great whales and in modern Hebrew, it simply means whale," Summer added, in an attempt to at least add a bit of positivity to the day's lesson. "I suppose there has to be both a positive and negative aspect to any name throughout history or mythology and possibly, religion as well." Just not in this case.
[OCD is a go!]
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