- tinnīn,
ultimately from
Akkadian 𒆗𒉌𒈾 dannina) or
Tunnanu (Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎐𐎐 tnn,
likely vocalized tunnanu) was a sea
monster in
Canaanite and
Hebrew mythology...
- (lit. "Sea"), the
Canaanite sea god and
river god. He
fought the
Tannin (
Tunnanu), the "Twisted Serpent" (Bṭn ʿqltn), "Lotan the
Fugitive Serpent" (Ltn...
- dragon-like
Tunnanu as a
possible non-anthropomorphic form of the sea god. This
conclusion has been
criticized by
Brendon C. Benz, who
argues Yam and
Tunnanu are...
-
lists are Yam,
listed twice (once
under his main name and once as Nahar),
Tunnanu (a sea serpent),
further serpentine sea
monsters (bṯn ‘qltn, "the twisting...
- to have
negative characters in this context,
including Resheph, Mot and
Tunnanu. A
further text of this type is KTU 1.107,
where Horon is
paired with El...
