Tannin (demon)
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In Jewish folklore Tannin is the name of a demon. Sometimes he is compared with Rahab, who is especially associated with the Red Sea. Some scholars associated Tannin with Tiamat, as it happened with asaszarim.
It is unclear in Jewish literature the differentiation between Tannin, Rahab and Leviathan, but Tannin and Rahab are more easily confused one with the other.
Tannin, as well as Rahab, was a name applied to Egypt after the exodus of the Israelites from that country.
In modern Hebrew Tannin (תנין) literally means crocodile or monitor.
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