#spirit: leviathan

[empyreanmirror]

boss

[landwriter]

watching dead boy detectives when you've lived in coastal bc

i love that they have a ship that services a metro area of 2.4 million people & all of southern vancouver island, to depict the ferry to (checks notes) port townsend, wa, pop. 10,388. cannot overstate how incredibly funny the scale is. on a regular day that route has more passengers than the entire population of port townsend. like a title card saying our beloved characters had to take three trains and a regional bus line and then smash cutting to a red london double-decker

that being said. bc ferries both as a crown corporation and as individual vessels is DEFINITELY haunted so this tracks actually

[mrsthunderkin]

When your Big-bad-bf patron wants to cuddle but he strategically fails to mention which form he wants to do it in.

Miriam belongs to @owlcatchyoul8r

[glomurai3]

Obey Me Nightbringer Devilgram Story SPOILERS!! (Leviathan new card)

Devilgram story of the Leviathan card: "Search for sports spirit" (10 Devil points part)

[kannra21]

I was biting my lower lip as i was reading this 😂

[helpolnix]

I’ve been doing free readings for a little while now, helping the people that have come to me with getting messages from their deities. I’m hoping I’ll get good enough that I can start fully charging for readings but right now I’d just like to build a reputable reputation.

I’ll read for any deity you work with and/or worship! Doesn’t have to be from the Greek pantheon, though I am most familiar with them.

While the readings are free, if you are able to and feel like being generous, tipping me would be much appreciated 🩶🩶

[apilgrimpassingby]

Demons of the Hebrew Bible

Since today is also the day for Lord of Spiritsposting, I've decided to make a post I considered yesterday - the demons of the Hebrew Bible. This will be a long post, so I'm inserting a "Keep Reading".

Azazel: Appears only once in Leviticus 16, as the being in the wilderness to whom the goat with the people's sins laid on it in the Day of Atonement ritual is given (this isn't sacrifice, because the animal isn't killed or offered on an altar, among other things). Becomes a Devil figure in some later Jewish literature like the Book of Enoch, and is associated with deserts, sin and goats - the name literally means "the goat that goes away" (an archaic translation gives us the word "scapegoat"), and the seemingly-random reference to goat demons in Leviticus 17:7 comes just after Azazel's appearance.

Deber: The most prominent of the gang, appearing (usually in conjunction with other figures on this list) in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Amos, Habakkuk and the Pentateuch a total of 49 times, usually unleashed as punishment for some sin by Israel (compare "handing people over to Satan" in St. Paul's letters - 1 Corinthians 5:5, 1 Timothy 1:20). A nocturnal demon of pestilence and destruction associated with the underworld in Canaanite mythology.

Hereb: Rendered as "the sword" in English; the next most prominent one, appearing 29 times and, like Deber, in conjunction with the others. A demon of violence and destruction associated with blood-drinking (Isaiah 34:5, Jeremiah 46:10) and flesh-eating (Deuteronomy 32:42, Jeremiah 12:12) and probably the rider on a red horse from Revelation 6:3-4.

Lilit: Appears just once, Isaiah 34:14, where she's dwelling in some ruins. Usually translated as "screech owl" or "night bird", but some use "Lilith". In Mesopotamian mythology, the lili are a class of nocturnal female demons associated who kill babies and are associated with owls, so the translation as "screech owl" is acceptable. The Songs of the Sage from the Dead Sea Scrolls refer to liliyot (feminine plural) as a class of demons: "And I, the Instructor, proclaim His glorious splendour so as to frighten and to te[rrify] all the spirits of the destroying angels, spirits of the bastards, demons, liliths, howlers...

Livyatan: Usually anglicised as Leviathan, and appears five times: Job 3:8 and chapter 41, Psalms 74:12-14 and 104:26 and Isaiah 27:1. Based on those appearances, he's a multi-headed fire-breathing sea serpent immune to weapons who battles with Yahweh and (of course) always loses. The myth of a god fighting a sea serpent is a staple of world mythology. Likely correlates to the beast from the sea of Revelation 13:1-10, since Leviathan is paired with a beast from the earth (Behemoth; Job 40:15-24) - also compare Revelation 13:4 ("Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”) to Job 41:33-34 ("On earth there is not his like, a creature without fear. He sees everything that is high; he is king over all the sons of pride").

Nephilim: Famously appear in Genesis 6:1-4 as the warriors born of the sons of God and the daughters of men, understood in Second Temple Jewish texts such as the Book of Enoch and the Septuagint to be giants born of fallen angels and human women. They appear by the name Anakim or Rephaim in Genesis 14:5, 15:20, Deuteronomy 1:28, 2:10-11, 2:20-21, 3:11, 3;13, 9:2 and Joshua 11:21-22, 12:4, 13:12, 14:12, 14:15 and 15:8 and war with giants appears in 2 Samuel 21:16-22, 1 Chronicles 20:4-8 and, of course, 1 Samuel 17 (the David and Goliath story).

Qeteb: Appears just 4 times (Deuteronomy 32:24; Psalm 91:6; Isaiah 28:2; Hosea 13:14), together with Deber in the Psalms and Hosea appearances and together with Resheph in Deuteronomy; if there's any lesson from this post so far, it's that plague demons hunt in packs. A diurnal plague demon whose name is rendered in English as "destruction"; nothing more to be said.

Ra'av: The third most prominent one, appearing 35 times; a famine demon whose name is rendered in English as "famine" or "hunger" who is unleashed on Israel as punishment together with (surprise!) Hereb and either Deber or Resheph. Probably the rider on a black horse from Revelation 6:5-6.

Rephaim: The spirits of dead kings who dwell in the underworld not doing much, translated in the ESV as shades and appearing in Isaiah 14:9 and 26:14; the same imagery and concept is being used by Ezekiel 32:20-30.

Resheph: A demon of plague and conquest worshipped as a god in Canaanite and Egyptian culture, depicted as a bearded archer on a white horse. Appears just 6 times in the Hebrew Bible (Deuteronomy 32:24; Habakkuk 3:5 Psalm 78:48; Job 5:7, Song of Songs 8:6); the name is rendered as "plague" or "pestilence" or occasionally "fire" or "sparks" because the name literally means "burning". Probably the rider on a white horse from Revelation 6:2.

Sources and Further Reading

"Before Him Went Pestilence (Hab. 3:5) - Biblical Lexis and Semantic Field of Epidemics" by Jozef Jankovic for The Old Testament Society of South Africa

"A Land of Giants" by Frs. Andrew Stephen Damick and Stephen DeYoung on The Lord of Spirits

"War, Famine, Disease, Death and Hades" by Fr. Stephen DeYoung on The Whole Counsel of God

"Who is Azazel?" by Fr. Stephen DeYoung on The Whole Counsel of God

Who is Lilith - Ancient Development and Origins of the Demon Queen by Dr. Justin Sledge on ESOTERICA

Or in short - stop making it all about Lilith. Use some other Hebrew Bible demons.

[aworld-inpink]

do you understand my vision

[ezrealsicons]

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀leviathan ﹒⟆ 𝟏𝟐𝟎𝐱𝟏𝟐𝟎

[radarchives]

[empyreanmirror]

sky-clad

[spiritofhyena]

Today the sea is so blue. Quite nice to look at from this rickety office.

And I don't know why, but looking at it made me remember that time I channelled Lord Leviathan for someone and felt like I was dunked into cold waters for the whole time.

[fctedivided]

Mare's Abyssal form.

(under the cut due the spoiler-ish content)

Unlike the other witches in her generation, Mare does have the ability to transform into her Abyssal form for a period of time, as its name would suggest, her appearance would change that mirrors the creatures in the deepest abyss of the sea;

her skin and hair becomes much paler, gaining sharp teeth, having her slit eyes with a faint icy blue glow, having webbed hands, feet and ears, blue mermaid-like scales and spikes scattering all around her body and face, fins also sprouting from her body, and lastly gaining a sea serpent-like tail. Some of the features resembles of her familiar, Leviathan.

Also in this form, her personality would take a drastic change, her friendly and optimistic demeanor is replaced with a more cold and merciless side, though fortunately to her enemies only. At best, she would be mostly apathetic. But the most important part, is that she wouldn't be herself as she isn't in control.

Overall, Mare currently doesn't know anything about the origins about her transformation, nor could she use it at will, only to be triggered by emotional stress. This revelation also hints that she could be more than a mere witch.

[stewvevo]

Portfolio of sept 2024 Character designs byyyy Topleft - @marcyptata64 Middle-left - @themaskofnull Bottom-Middle-Left - @wizardstring Bottom-Middle-Right - @tacoguaco

[waveformtheta]

“You can’t take the Razoback! She is gone and gone and gone!” -Julie Mao, Leviathan Wakes

“You can’t take the Razorback, […] we are gone and gone and gone.” -Alex Kamal, Nemesis Games

[maryse127]

Final Fantasy XVI now straight up confirmed Leviathan is a thing but then refused to elaborate. "Leviathan the Lost"

What do you mean LOST?! How and when and why did she get lost?! Explain!

Like I get Leviathan's absence from a game design pov but make it make sense in game too please

Here's to hoping the game will elaborate at some point but I doubt it as I seem pretty close to the end now