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According to St. Thomas Aquinas, Leviathan is the demon of envy and the demon who is first in punishing the corresponding sinners. Peter Binsfeld likewise classified Leviathan as the demon of envy, as one of the seven Princes of Hell corresponding to the seven deadly sins.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. In Jewish mythology, the name Leviathan can refer to a variety of monstrous creatures, including a primordial sea serpent, a dragon, a snake, a crocodile, or a whalelike animal. It likely developed from pre-biblical Middle Eastern mythology, especially that of the sea monster in the Ugaritic myth of Baal.
Leviathan definition: a sea monster.. See examples of LEVIATHAN used in a sentence.
