Home›Sea Serpents›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups mythical creatures by the wider artistic and religious tradition that pictures them. Wikipedia notes that "in medieval art, animals, both real and mythical, played important roles." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every creature from one cultural tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedGreat serpents of the deep. The sea-serpent is the standing form of the chaos adversary in West Asian myth - Tiamat, Yamm, Leviathan - defeated at or before the ordering of the world. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedMythical Creatures 1Learn MoreThe sea serpents This small group gathers sea serpents, the great serpentine monsters of the deep found in the myths and sailors' lore of many peoples, often embodiments of the ocean's danger and the chaos at the edge of the ordered world. The browser will find the sea-serpent figure the atlas classes here. The entry describes its form and mythological role.TraditionFilter Results1 entryAdherents Today MaximumAll14,800,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll14,800,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)Establishment StatusAllDeclared Not Established (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2013-01-01 (1)2020-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll400 BCE (1)Origin Period Start YearAll586 BCE (1)Position on SexualityAllThe body holds no single settled position; the question is actively and openly contested within it (1)Position on UsuryAllInterest is permitted but bound by ethical constraints against exploiting the poor (1)Practice StatusAllPartly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Standard Rate ExpectedAllTen percent. (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)TheologyAllMonotheistic: one God (1)Show ResultsJudaismTradition1 entrySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Otherstier 1Stephanie Dalley, Oxford University Press, 2000the introduction to the Epic of Creation (Enuma Elish)View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.