Picking back up on our weekly dragon spotlight, this week we'll be looking at Behemoth, from the Old Testament. Behemoth is often depicted as either an ox or a hippopotamus, but is usually described alongside Leviathan, who will be our dragon spotlight next week. Some texts describe God creating the male Behemoth as a counterpart to the female Leviathan. Still other iterations speak of God slaying both Behemoth and Leviathan when Israel is delivered from all enemies to be served as food for the righteous.
In Rachel's drawing of Behemoth, seen above, he towers over the mountains like a gargantuan sauropod dinosaur. He is historically depicted as a bull, so he is drawn here with bull-like horns and ears.
Many Christian sources draw a link between Behemoth and dinosaurs, especially Brontosaurus. Often Behemoth is depicted as a Brontosaurus, Brachiosaurus, or a comparable dinosaur. Additionally, such a Biblically inspired monster was featured in a 1959 sci-fi horror flick, "Behemoth the Sea Monster," in spite of the fact that Behemoth was more often related to land, while Leviathan was associated with the sea.
Check back in next week, when we’ll be taking a look at Leviathan!
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