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Tannin (demon)
In Jewish folklore Tannin is the name of an aquatic de- but Tannin and Rahab are more easily confused one with
mon. Sometimes he is compared with Rahab, another sea the other. Tannin, as well as Rahab, was a name applied
monster who is especially associated with the Red Sea. to Egypt after the exodus of the Israelites from that coun-
Some scholars associated Tannin with Tiamat, as it hap- try.
pened with Rahab. It is unclear in Jewish literature the In modern Hebrew the word tannin ( )תניןliterally
differentiation between Tannin, Rahab, and Leviathan, means crocodile.
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