Leviathan ndi cholengedwa chotchulidwa m'Baibulo, mu Bukhu la Yobu. Chilombochi chikufotokozedwa kuti ndi chilombo chachikulu komanso choopsa kwambiri chimene palibe munthu amene angachigonjetse. Amakhulupirira kuti ndi cholengedwa chachikulu kwambiri m'nyanja yamchere ndipo ali ndi zinsinsi komanso nthano. Anthu akhala akulingalira za kukhalapo kwake kwa zaka mazana ambiri, koma palibe amene wapezapo umboni wotsimikizirika wa kukhalapo kwake.
Limodzi mwa malongosoledwe odziwika bwino a Leviathan amachokera m'Baibulo, pomwe limafotokozedwa kuti lili ndi "miyeso ngati chitsulo", "mtima wolimba ngati mwala", ndi "mpweya wotentha makala". Akutinso ndi amphamvu kwambiri moti ngakhale ankhondo amphamvu kwambiri amawopa. Baibulo limafotokoza kuti Leviathan ndi cholengedwa chochititsa mantha komanso champhamvu, chokhoza kuwononga kwambiri ndi chipwirikiti.
Chipangano Chakale chimatchula za nkhondo yowononga pakati pa Mulungu ndi chilombo chodabwitsa ichi - Leviathan. Koma zikhalidwe zina zambiri zilinso ndi matembenuzidwe awoawo a Leviathan. Ku Greece wakale, linkadziwika kuti mng'alu, pamene mu nthano za Norse, ankatchedwa Jǫrmungandr, kapena “Miðgarðsormr”. Ngakhale zolemba zochokera ku Babulo zimanena kuti nkhondo pakati pawo Mulungu Marduk ndi njoka yam'mutu yambiri kapena chinjoka chotchedwa Tiamat. Ndiponso, Mkanani wina wa ku Suriya wakale akutchula za nkhondo yapakati pawo Mulungu Baala ndi chilombo Leviathan. M’zochitika zonsezi, chinali cholengedwa chimene chimakhala m’nyanja ndipo chinali chosatheka kuchigonjetsa.
Malinga ndi nkhani za anthu a ku Norse (nthano ya ku Nordic kapena ya ku Scandinavia), njoka yaikulu ya m’nyanja imeneyi inazinga dziko lonse lapansi, ndipo pali nkhani za mmene amalinyero ena anaiganizira molakwika chifukwa cha zilumba zambirimbiri n’kutaya miyoyo yawo. Mu nthano za ku Japan, Yamata no Orochi ndi njoka yaikulu ya mitu eyiti yokhala ndi maso ofiira owala komanso mimba yofiira. Pali nthano ina yochititsa chidwi yochokera ku Egypt wakale - zimphona zazikulu zanzeru zophedwa ndi Death Star yowuluka.
Ngakhale pali nthano zambiri ndi nthano za Leviathan, palibe amene amadziwa ngati ilipo. Anthu ena amakhulupirira kuti akhoza kukhala a nyamayi wamkulu or okutapasi, pamene ena amaganiza kuti ukhoza kukhala mtundu wa chilombo cha m’nyanja chakale chimene sichinapezekebe. Pakhala pali malipoti ambiri onena za zolengedwa zazikulu za m'nyanja m'zaka zapitazi, koma palibe imodzi mwa izo yomwe yatsimikiziridwa kukhala yotheka kuwona Leviathan.
Ngakhale kuti palibe umboni weniweni, lingaliro la Leviathan lakopa malingaliro a anthu kwa zaka mazana ambiri. Zakhala zikuwonetsedwa m'mafilimu, m'mabuku, ngakhale masewera apakanema, ndipo imakhalabe nkhani yotchuka kwa akatswiri a nthano ndi a cryptozoologists. Chinsinsi cha Leviathan ndi chimodzi chomwe mwachiwonekere chidzapitirirabe kwa zaka zambiri zikubwerazi.
Pomaliza, Leviathan akadali chimodzi mwa zinsinsi zazikulu za m'nyanja. Kaya ndi cholengedwa chenicheni kapena nthano chabe, imapitirizabe kuchititsa chidwi anthu ndi mphamvu zake zoopsa ndiponso kukula kwake kochititsa mantha. Kusaka kwa Leviathan sikutha, koma cholowa chake adzapitiriza kutilimbikitsa ndi kutikopa mibadwo ikubwerayi.
