“Destruction of Leviathan” an 1865 engraving by Gustave Doré for Paradise Lost Leviathan is a mythical sea creature that appears in the Bible, emblematic of awesome strength. It’s described as the meanest and the biggest creature in the sea and a humbler of the Proud. Leviathan as a dragon who lives over the Sources of the Deep and who will be served up to the righteous at the end of time. Maritime Monday for January 30, 2012; This is Leviathan

“Destruction of Leviathan” an 1865 engraving by Gustave Doré for Paradise Lost

Leviathan is a mythical sea creature that appears in the Bible, emblematic of awesome strength. It’s described as the meanest and the biggest creature in the sea and a humbler of the Proud. Leviathan as a dragon who lives over the Sources of the Deep and who will be served up to the righteous at the end of time.

Maritime Monday for January 30, 2012; This is Leviathan

oldbookillustrations: And God said: “Let the water generate Reptile with spawn abundant, living soul; And let fowl fly above the earth.” Gustave Doré, from Milton’s Paradise Lost, New York, 186?. (Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

And God said: “Let the water generate
Reptile with spawn abundant, living soul;
And let fowl fly above the earth.”

Gustave Doré, from Milton’s Paradise Lost, New York, 186?.
(Source: archive.org)