Sir Substance
Minmatar
MagiTech Alliance Inc.
MagiTech Corp
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Posted - 2008.11.25 09:20:00 -
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Edited by: Sir Substance on 25/11/2008 09:21:45
Edited by: Sir Substance on 25/11/2008 09:20:04
 Originally by: Letifer Deus
and Cerberus is a dog. What is your point?
no, cerebrus is a three headed demonic hound.
leviethian is a mythic creature, just like:
basilisk (lizard creature with a stare that turns anyone who sees it to stone, also, caldari logistics cruiser)
Cerberus (aformentioned three headed hound, also caldari HAC)
phoenix(mythic immortal bird of flame, also caldari dreadnaught)
Wyvern(winged reptilian creature, kinda like a dragon but not quite so noble, also a caldari carrier)
other mythic references in caldari ships:
Griffin
Harpy
Manticore
Drake
Golem
Chimera
name is 100% in keeping with caldari naming traditions, now lets look at why leviathan might be an appropriate name for a titan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan
Creation of Leviathan
According to most ancient Jewish midrash, the Leviathan was created on the fifth day (Yalkut, Gen. 12). Originally God produced a male and a female leviathan, but lest in multiplying the species should destroy the world, He slew the female, reserving her flesh for the banquet that will be given to the righteous on the advent of the Messiah (B. B. 74b).
Size
The enormous size of the Leviathan is thus illustrated by R. Johanan, from whom proceeded nearly all the haggadot concerning this monster: "Once we went in a ship and saw a fish which put his head out of the water. He had horns upon which was written: 'I am one of the meanest creatures that inhabit the sea. I am three hundred miles in length, and enter this day into the jaws of the Leviathan'" (B. B. l.c.). When the Leviathan is hungry, reports R. Dimi in the name of R. Johanan, he sends forth from his mouth a heat so great as to make all the waters of the deep boil, and if he would put his head into paradise no living creature could endure the odor of him (ib.). His abode is the Mediterranean Sea; and the waters of the Jordan fall into his mouth (Bek. 55b; B. B. l.c.).
so, size clearly befitting one of the largets ships ever to exist in eve.
now, attack:
Christianity
The Christian interpretation of Leviathan is often considered to be a demon or natural monster associated with Satan or the Devil, and held by some to be the same monster as Rahab (Isaiah 51:9).
Some biblical scholars considered Leviathan to represent the pre-existent forces of chaos. In Psalm 74:13-14 it says "it was You who drove back the sea with Your might, who smashed the heads of the monsters in the waters; it was You who crushed the heads of Leviathan, who left him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. (JPS edition)" God drove back the waters of the Earth (Genesis 1:2 "And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters." ([NAS])
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Leviathan became associated, and may have originally been referred to, in the visual motif of the Hellmouth, a monstrous animal into whose mouth the damned disappear at the Last Judgement, found in Anglo-Saxon art from about 800, and later all over Europe.[4][5]
happy yet?
this crash course in mythology has been a community service announcement.
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