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Leviathan | Prince Of Hell | The Demonology Archives | Episode 2 · Mystery Archives Episodes

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  In the deepest reaches of Hell, beyond the scorching rivers of
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  fire and the haunting cries of the damned, a legion of demons
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  reside. These beings, fierce and
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  ancient, are organized into a hierarchy with the most
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  terrifying and powerful at the top, the Demon Princess.
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  Each of these Princess embodies one of the seven deadly sins,
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  ruling over their respective realms with unimaginable power.
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  Among them, Leviathan stands out as one of the most enigmatic and
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  fearsome. He is the Prince of Envy, the
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  gatekeeper of Hell, and a creature of immense mystery and
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  terror whose very essence embodies the insidious,
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  consuming force of envy. These are the Demonology
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  Now let's get to the content. To understand Leviathan, we must
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  first understand the sin he represents.
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  Envy is a feeling as old as humanity itself.
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  It's that burning desire for what others possess, a desire
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  that twists and warps the spirit.
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  Envy is deeper than jealousy. It's not simply about wanting
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  what another has, but resenting them for having it.
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  It's a gnawing ache that makes one want to tear down, to
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  destroy rather than admire or strive.
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  Envy is the pain 1 feels not only at another's success, but
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  in their joy, their love, in their light, and this pain, when
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  left unchecked, leads to ruin. Leviathan's tale is one of both
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  legend and darkness. His origins can be traced back
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  to the Bible itself, where he appears as a monstrous sea
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  serpent, but over time his story has taken on new dimensions.
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  In the Hebrew Bible, Leviathan is mentioned in several books,
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  including Psalms, Job, and Isaiah.
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  Each one paints a vivid but varied picture of his terrifying
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  presence. In Psalms, Leviathan is
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  described as a creature so powerful that even the sea
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  trembles under his weight. You broke the heads of Leviathan
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  in pieces, the verse reads, and gave him his food to the people
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  inhabiting the wilderness. Here, Leviathan is not merely a
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  creature but a force, a symbol of chaos and darkness that only
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  God alone can subdue. Yet it is in the book of Job
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  that Leviathan's fearsome nature truly comes to life.
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  Job, a man of great faith, has been tested by unimaginable
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  suffering, his life dismantled, peace by peace broken and
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  desperate, he questions why he must endure such hardship.
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  God answers not with comfort, but by revealing Leviathan.
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  Who can open the doors of his face?
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  God asks with his terrible teeth.
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  All around, the creature's scales are described as tightly
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  sealed, impenetrable, and gleaming.
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  With another worldly light, flames burst from his mouth.
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  His breath ignites coals. He's described as a creature
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  beyond comprehension, whose power is so absolute that even a
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  mere glimpse strikes terror into the heart of man.
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  An ancient Jewish mythology, Leviathan was thought to be a
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  primordial sea monster, a creature created in the dawn of
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  time, symbolizing the untamed, chaotic forces of the world.
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  Later occult interpretations transformed Leviathan into
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  something far more insidious, the very Hellmouth itself, a
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  gaping, ravenous Ma through which the damned passed into the
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  fiery abyss. According to some traditions,
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  when Lucifer and his host of rebellious angels were cast down
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  from Heaven, they found refuge within Leviathan.
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  Here Hell itself was born, the fire stoked by Leviathan's
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  unquenchable hunger for souls. His open jaws became the
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  entrance to eternal torment, a monstrous mouth leading directly
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  to the Underworld. But why would Leviathan be
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  linked to envy of all things? Envy is often called the
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  diabolical sin because it brings forth so many other vices,
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  hatred, bitterness, and cruelty. Unlike jealousy, which can
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  sometimes inspire positive action, envy festers.
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  It corrupts the soul, leading a person not only to want what
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  others have, but to wish misfortune upon them for simply
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  possessing it. The tale of Cain and Abel serves
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  as a dark parable of Envy's power.
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  When God favored Abel's offering over his own, Cain's envy turned
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  to hatred and he murdered his brother.
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  In that moment, he became a wanderer, forever cast out.
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  Envy had consumed him, and in doing so led him to destroy the
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  one he should have cherished the most.
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  Leviathan embodies this soul, consuming darkness.
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  As the Prince of Envy, he does not merely wish to possess the
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  souls that pass through his jaws, he despises them.
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  He loathes their memories, their joys, their loves, and takes
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  satisfaction in devouring all that once made them whole.
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  His hunger is insatiable, his mouth stretching wider and wider
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  to engulf the souls of the damned.
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  It is said that Leviathan's gaze alone can strip away a soul's
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  last shred of peace, leaving it bare and raw, ready to be
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  swallowed by his unending rage. In theological texts, envy is
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  often depicted as corrosive and isolating.
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  Immanuel Kant, one of the Enlightenment's most prominent
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  philosophers, described envy as a kind of self-inflicted misery.
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  The envious person, he argued, cannot find contentment, for
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  they see their own worth only through the distorted mirror of
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  another's fortune. Saint Augustine called it the
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  diabolical sin, explaining that from envy springs every
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  imaginable cruelty, hatred, detraction, joy at another's
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  misfortune, and bitterness at their success.
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  Augustine viewed envy as a poisonous seed that, once
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  planted, spreads uncontrollably, leading the afflicted soul down
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  a dark, an unyielding path. But what lies at the other end
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  of the spectrum from envy? The Apostle Paul, in his
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  letters, speaks of love as the antidote to envy.
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  Love, he says, is patient. Love is kind.
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  It does not envy. It does not boast.
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  It is not proud. Love connects where envy
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  isolates. It celebrates where envy
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  destroys. And in Paul's view, love is the
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  antidote to the isolation and bitterness that Envy brings, a
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  balm that soothes the soul and bridges the gap Envy has
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  created. In art, Leviathan is rarely
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  depicted in his entirety. Painters and illustrators
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  portray him as a colossal, partially seen beast, his vast
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  body twisting and coiling, disappearing into shadows and
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  waves. His head, often depicted with
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  features akin to a lion or a dragon, devours the condemned
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  and a frenzy, his eyes glowing with hatred.
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  Some artists show him as a serpent encircling the earth,
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  others as a gaping mouth through which the damned tumble into
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  their oblivion. His body forms the vast, fiery
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  caverns of hell, his insides seething with unquenchable
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  flames, burning hotter and fiercer than any fire on earth.
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  An occult symbolism and worship. Leviathan's symbol is the
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  Leviathan cross, sometimes referred to as the cross of
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  Satan or Satan's cross. Depicted on the bottom is an
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  Infinity sign and above is a double cross.
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  The double cross symbolizes protection and balance between
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  persons. The Infinity sign underlines the
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  constant and infinite nature and most likely symbolizes the
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  eternal universe. This may have been used by Anton
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  Lavey and the Satanic Bible as a mockery of the cross to show
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  that humans are their own syndrome of balance and truth.
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  This is what the ideology of Anton Lavey and the followers of
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  the Church of Satan believe, and this is what this symbol
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  represents. In this association, an upside
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  down crucifix is not a symbol typically embraced by a
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  Satanist. It is instead seen as the cross
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  of Saint Peter or the Petrine Cross, since according to the
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  origin of Alexandria, Simon Peter was crucified upside down.
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  However, turning a symbol like this, a cross, upside down, is
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  symbolic in its own, and the interpretation of doing so
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  differs among Catholics and Satanists.
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  In alchemy, the Leviathan's cross is a symbol for sulfur,
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  which is one of the three essential elements of nature.
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  In Asia, its name is the brimstone symbol.
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  The Leviathan's cross offers multiple crossroads of the two
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  crosses and can also be interpreted as a sign of free
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  choice. It can also be seen as a double
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  stroke through or an equal sign, showing that every person has
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  their own life, with this symbol also representing sulphur and
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  alchemy. Alchemical drawings often
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  portray sulphur as the sun. The symbol of sulfur is often
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  used as an identifying symbol by Satanists due to sulfur's
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  historical association with the devil, as is often compared in
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  this context to the Catholic Pontifical Cross.
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  A more common symbol for sulfur is also a fire triangle
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  surmounting across Earth. Interestingly, the Leviathan
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  cross was created by the Knights Templar.
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  The Leviathan's cross is typically used by theological
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  Satanists, those who believe in an actual entity or force that
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  is Satan. The Leviathan's Cross was
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  adopted by Anton Lavey and the Church of Satan, but Lavey
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  Satanists more often than not don't actually believe in a
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  Satan, or a God for that matter. It's practically an ego driven
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  revamping of older Pagan beliefs spearheaded by hedonism.
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  The upside down cross of course is typically adopted by Levae
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  Satanists as well, mostly to represent anti Christian or anti
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  Catholic sentiment. Of course these answers will
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  vary upon who you ask, what their interpretation of the
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  symbols are, what they mean in modern interpretations.
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  Leviathan is not simply a creature, but a symbol of hell
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  itself, the very embodiment of envy.
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  He is an endless void, a mile that stretches wider with each
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  soul he consumes growing ever larger in his bid to encompass
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  the universe. Those who pass into hell through
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  Leviathan's mouth find themselves not merely in a place
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  of fire and torment, but in a realm of absolute despair, a
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  place where the echoes of their lives and their loves are
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  twisted into reminders of what they will never have again.
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  Thus Leviathan the Hellmouth, the Prince of Envy, stands as a
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  reminder of the consuming nature of envy.
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  Envy is a hunger that grows the more it is fed.
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  It devours, isolates and poisons, turning even the
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  brightest joys into ash. In Leviathan we see the ultimate
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  expression of envy, a monstrous an ending desire to consume all,
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  to reduce everything to nothing. If you found this exploration of
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  Leviathan intriguing, let me know what you think down in the
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  been Cody here at Mystery Archives.
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  Remember to stay safe out there, especially from demons and envy
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  and take care. I'll see you next time.