Behemoth Leviathan Part 1 (An Homage to Eleazar Ben Kallir)

Behemoth - Biblical name of the Indian elephant god Ganesha, the "Lord of Hosts." His title was adopted by the Jewish Jehova, during the period when he was married to the Virgin Goddess Anath, or Neith, in the temple of Elephantine in Egypt. Jewish mercanaries stationed there worshipped the elephant-headed, virgin-born Lord of Hosts as their own Yaho (or, Yahweh). At the time, the Jewish God was a subordinate spouse of the Goddess who was hailed as "Queen of Heaven and mistress of all the gods". The same Virgin Goddess was the mother, as well as the bride, of the elephant bull-god, according to the standard myth of divine incest created by identification of Father and Son. In india the mother of Ganesha was Parvati, virgin form of Kali. She made him from her own "body-dew" (menstrual blood). A true archetypal son, he guarded her "gate" (yoni) against the entrance of All-Father Shiva. For this Oedipal offense he was slain, but resurrected. Upon the same virgin mother under her other name of Maya (comparable to Mari, the other name of Anath), he begot the next incarnation of the Son of the Lord of Hosts: Buddha, the Enlightened One. The elephant-god was not forgotten by the Jews, but he was dissociated from the later concept of Yahweh, and diabolized. He became the demon Behemoth. In this guise he appeared in medieval demonologies and grimoires, still wearing the elephant head of Shiva-Ganesha. Yet traces of the earlier divine elephant could be found in Jewish tradition. Rabbinical sources said the Passover feast commemorated more than one god. The lamb stood for Firstborn. The fish represented Leviathan, the original wise serpent-deity of Levites. The hard-boiled egg represented Ziz, or Aziz, or Azazel, the god of atonement sacrifices. The bread stood for Behemoth. Leviathan - "Wriggly One", Hebrew title of the Great Serpent Nehushtan, whose worship was established by Moses (2 Kings 18:4). The priestly name Levi meant son of Leviathan, who was once another form of Yahweh even though later centuries converted him into a demon. The bishop's miter evolved from the headdress of Levite priests. (From "The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets)

thankyou Cloudthings, it has a second part, reserve your opinion until you've read them both. thankyou for your kind words, i'm sincerely sorry if my words upset you at all. love and well wises john

This poem is actually a rather shoddy fascimile of the original by "Eleazar ben Kallir" you should read the original. If anyone wishes I could post the original. I have tried quite hard to vere off the course of the original. Most aspects of the poem are quite different. Only as in the original the beasts battle over a portion of Eden. In the original they are banished to be devoured for the last meal at the end of time, by the children of Israel. "Kallir" is worth reading regardless. I won't aattempt to publish this piece anywhere else, unless maybe the second piece which veres further off from the original. Thankyou to all above for your comments. john