page_title: Lotan
hierarchical_section_title: Lotan
caption_attribution_description: Български: Убиването на Левиатан Čeština: Zničení Leviatana Deutsch: Die Vernichtung des Leviathan Dansk: Tilintegørelsen af Leviathan. Fra Esajas bog 27:1. English: Destruction of Leviathan Español: La destrucción de Leviatán Suomi: Leviatanin tuho Français&#160;: Destruction du Léviathan Italiano: Distruzione di Leviatano 日本語: ギュスターヴ・ドレ製作の彫刻画 Македонски: "Уништувањето на Левијатан". Резбата го претставува Господ како го убива легендарното морско чудовиште Левијатан. Português: A Destruição de Leviatã Русский: Убийство Левиафана Slovenčina: Zničenie Leviatana Svenska: "Leviatans förgörelse". I bilden slaktar Gud det legendariska sjöodjuret, ett motiv konstnären hämtat från Jesaja 27:1. Български: Гравюра от Густав Доре, 1865 г. Čeština: rytina Gustave Doré z roku 1865 Deutsch: Gravur von Gustave Doré, 1865 English: 1865 engraving by Gustave Doré. Español: un grabado hecho en 1865 por Gustave Doré. Français&#160;: gravure de Gustave Doré 1865 Suomi: Gustave Dorén puupiirros vuodelta 1865. Italiano: Incisione del 1865 di Gustave Doré. 日本語: ギュスターヴ・ドレ 1865 Македонски: резба направена во 1865 од страна на Густав Доре Português: gravura de Gustave Doré (1865) Slovenčina: rytina Gustave Doré z roku 1865 Svenska: gravyr av Gustave Doré från 1865
context_page_description: Lotan is a servant of the sea god Yam defeated by the storm god Hadad-Baʿal in the Ugaritic Baal Cycle. possibly with the help or by the hand of his sister ʿAnat.
  Lotan seems to have been prefigured by the serpent Têmtum represented in Syrian seals of the 18th–16th century BC, and finds a later reflex in the sea monster Leviathan, whose defeat at the hands of Yahweh is alluded to in the biblical Book of Job and in Isaiah 27:1.
  Lambert went as far as the claim that Isaiah 27:1 is a direct quote lifted from the Ugaritic text, correctly rendering Ugaritic bṯn "snake" as Hebrew nḥš "snake".
  Lotan is an adjectival formation meaning "coiled", here used as a proper name; the same creature has a number of possible epitheta, including "the fugitive serpent" and maybe "the wriggling serpent" and "the mighty one with seven heads".
  The myth of Hadad defeating Lotan, Yahweh defeating Leviathan, Marduk defeating Tiamat in the mythologies of the Ancient Near East are classical examples of the Chaoskampf mytheme, also reflected in Zeus' slaying of Typhon in Greek mythology and Thor's struggle against Jörmungandr in the Gylfaginning portion of the Prose Edda.
context_section_description: Lotan (Ugaritic: 𐎍𐎚𐎐-ltn, transliterated 
  Lôtān, Litan, or Litānu, meaning "coiled") is a servant of the sea god Yam defeated by the storm god Hadad-Baʿal in the Ugaritic Baal Cycle. possibly with the help or by the hand of his sister ʿAnat. 
  Lotan seems to have been prefigured by the serpent Têmtum represented in Syrian seals of the 18th–16th century BC,  and finds a later reflex in the sea monster Leviathan, whose defeat at the hands of Yahweh is alluded to in the biblical Book of Job and in Isaiah 27:1. 
  Lambert (2003) went as far as the claim that Isaiah 27:1 is a direct quote lifted from the Ugaritic text, correctly rendering Ugaritic bṯn "snake" as Hebrew nḥš "snake".
  Lotan (ltn) is an adjectival formation meaning "coiled", here used as a proper name; the same creature has a number of possible epitheta, including  "the fugitive serpent" (bṯn brḥ) and maybe (with some uncertainty deriving from manuscript lacunae) "the wriggling serpent" (bṯn ʿqltn) and "the mighty one with seven heads" (šlyṭ d.šbʿt rašm).
  The myth of Hadad defeating Lotan, Yahweh defeating Leviathan, Marduk defeating Tiamat (etc.) in the mythologies of the Ancient Near East are classical examples of the Chaoskampf mytheme, also reflected in Zeus' slaying of Typhon in Greek mythology and Thor's struggle against Jörmungandr in the Gylfaginning portion of the Prose Edda.
  The Litani River that winds through the Beqaa Valley in Lebanon is named after Lotan as the river was believed to be the personification of the god.
caption: The Destruction of Leviathan by Gustave Doré (1865)
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