Leviathan was held that God originally produced a male and a female leviathan, but lest in multiplying the species should destroy the world, he slew the female, reserving her flesh for the banquet that will be given to the righteous on the advent of the Messiah. Rashi's commentary on repeats the tradition: the...sea monsters: The great fish in the sea, and in the words of the Aggadah (B.B. 74b), this refers to the Leviathan and its mate, for He created them male and female, and He slew the female and salted her away for the righteous in the future, for if
Leviathan in popular culture an aspect of Chauntea. In Steven Brust's novel "To Reign in Hell", Leviathan (female in this case) is one of seven elder inhabitants of Heaven who conspire to prevent Yahweh from creating the Earth as a sanctuary for himself and those loyal to him. "Leviathan" is the name of a novel by Scott Westerfeld about an alternate history in World War I. "Leviathan" is the title of a 1992 novel by Paul Auster. In Boris Akunin's novel "Murder on the Leviathan", Leviathan is the name of a gigantic steamship. "Leviathan Wakes" is the title a 2011 science fiction novel by