In classical Christian theology, Leviathan is the impenetrable serpent of chaos and lord of the watery deep. Regarded in Job as king over the proud and prophesied in Isaiah to be slain at the eschaton, medieval exegesis identified him as the devil. Peter Binsfeld designated him the demon of Envy, while medieval iconography famously depicted his maw as the Hellmouth consuming sinners.
“The Latin Vulgate translation of Job establishes Leviathan as an indomitable sea creature whose breath kindles coals, which Gregory the Great allegorized into Satan and Binsfeld codified as the archdemon representing envy.”
Domains of Authority
Sphere of Operation
What does this entity do?
Operational Scope
At what scale does it govern?
Elemental Correspondence
Which element answers to it?
Moral Register
Which virtue or vice does it embody?
Iconography & Implements
Objects, vestments, and marks borne in Christian tradition — and what each one signifies.
Sealed armor of the chaos-serpent no spear or dart can pierce.
Seething abyssal waters whose breath kindles coals in Job's vision.
Gaping jaws of the envy-demon figured as Hell's devouring entrance.
Enormous coils figured as the abyssal chaos-serpent of the deep.
