Leviathan

leviathan • Bibl. sea monster. Can refer to a number of imaginary sea creatures, especially those of very large size. Whales were also commonly called Leviathans in a general and often negative connotation.

English
Leviathan (pronunciation)

Portuguese
Leviatã (pronunciation); Monstro

Norwegian
Leviatan

Dutch
Leviathan; Zeemonster (pronunciation)

German
Leviathan (pronunciation); Seeungeheuer (pronunciation); Seeungetüm (pronunciation)

French
Léviathan

Spanish
Leviatán; Monstruo

Catalan
Leviatà; Monstre

Italian
Leviatano; Mostro

Greek
Λεβιάθαν; Τέρας

Creole
Monstru (Island of Santiago, Cape Verde)
Monstlu (Forro, creoule of São Tomé and Príncipe)

Sea monsters on the Carta Marina by Olaus Magnus, 1539.
The Leviathan, or Jonas and the whale. Image from Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book, folio 259v and 260r. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/adriaen-coenen-s-fish-book-1580#0-0
Sea monsters. Artist unknown, Italy, ca. 1650-1700. Rijksmuseum

Animals leviathan may refer to:

References

  • Brito, C., N. Vieira & J.G. Freitas (2019). The wonder whale: a commodity, a monster, a show and an icon. Anthropozoologica 54 (3): 13-27.
    https://doi.org/10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v54a3
  • Video De monstruos a símbolos, de héroes a criminales, narrated by Daniel Quiroz.