Leviathan

The Leviathan Hair-Sword Leviathan is a mythological sea creature from the ancient Near East, portrayed as an immense serpentine or dragon-like being associated with the deep ocean and primordial chaos. The name derives from the Hebrew livyatan, meaning “coiled” or “twisted,” reflecting its depiction as a powerful sea serpent. The figure appears in ancient Israelite texts preserved in the Hebrew Bible, where it is described as a massive, untamable creature of the sea. These references present Leviathan as a force beyond human control, emphasizing its strength, armored body, and association with destructive natural power. Leviathan belongs to a wider mythological tradition of chaos monsters found throughout the ancient Near East. Comparable figures include Tiamat of Babylonian mythology and Lotan, both sea beings representing primordial disorder opposed by divine authority. A walk through the art: At the hilt is a depiction of the Leviathan curling around the handles. On each handle's endcap is the modern symbol for chaos. Leviathan’s connection to chaos comes from its role as a primordial sea monster, a type of figure common in ancient Near Eastern cosmology. In these traditions, the sea represented instability, danger, and the unformed state of the world before order was established. Leviathan personifies those uncontrolled forces. This idea parallels earlier regional myths in which a deity confronts a chaos-being emerging from the sea. The shape of the serpent paired with the cross on the pommel, created the silhouette of the sulphur cross. Also known as the Leviathan Cross. The symbol now called the Leviathan Cross comes from early modern alchemy. It first appears in the 17th-century alchemical work La Clef de la Philosophie Hermétique, where it functioned as the alchemical symbol for sulphur. Down the blade is a depiction of a shop at sea with many dangers lurking in the murky depths below.