2006-09-08 07:27:27 · 7 answers · asked by Phoenix 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Faust is a man who made a deal with the devil and the leviathan is a big sea creature.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan
2006-09-08 07:29:37 · answer #1 · answered by QuestionWyrm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faust is the character in Dante's Inferno. The Leviathan is a biblical creature first interpreted as a dragon, then a hippo and now a creature of the apocolypse.
2006-09-09 02:37:22 · answer #2 · answered by ldyrhiannon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faust is a character who made a deal with the devil. The leviathan is a large sea creature (also a ship). Are you trying to get us to do your homework?
2006-09-08 23:32:40 · answer #3 · answered by swarr2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Faust is a magician and alchemist in German legend who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power and knowledge. It is named after Johann Faust (1480?-1540?), a German magician and alchemist.
The Leviathan is in the Bible as an aquatic monster, presumably the crocodile, the whale, or a dragon. It was a symbol of evil to be ultimately defeated by the power of good.
2006-09-08 14:30:46 · answer #4 · answered by Leigh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faust you will find on Wikopedia and the like. Essentially a heavy weight, dark, Germanic seeker who sold his soul for what he hoped would be truth. Alas.
Leviathan is more fun. The great sea monster helped stir up the chaos (Genesis 1) of pre-creation. He had to be slain for creation to have a chance. Remember early society was not naval. The edge of the sea was the edge of mystery, death and potential destruction. Science fiction still plays with the imagery of an enormous squid/etc lurking in the darkness and depths. It is a whale of a story.
2006-09-08 14:32:55 · answer #5 · answered by Joe Cool 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oddly, Leviathan is not a mythical creature. It is also not a hippo, elephant or crocodile. Leviathan is the biblical name for a dinosaur or dragon that really lived at the time.
2006-09-08 14:39:50 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Faust, refers to the name of the Devil. Opera of the same name.
Leviathan, can be found in the Bible. Book of Job. It refers to a Hippo.
2006-09-08 14:31:59 · answer #7 · answered by pickle head 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋