TGIY Ep. 7 - Mythic Beasts
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind
Diane Student
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🗓️ 27 April 2025
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Leviathan and dragons have already been featured in their own episodes, but they aren’t the only fantastical animals in the Bible. There are several mythic beasts in the Bible, from Behemoth to Ziz Shadai to Re’em, which are creatures so large, they appear to be mountains or block out the sun. Hebrew mythology elaborates on them, but was there more than just myth to these creatures? Did they exist? Do they exist?
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| 0:00.0 | The following program features the opinions of the host. |
| 0:03.9 | Listeners are encouraged to seek their own understanding. |
| 0:07.8 | Leviathan and dragons have already been featured in their own episodes, |
| 0:11.6 | but they aren't the only fantastical animals in the Bible. |
| 0:15.1 | There are several mythic beasts in the Bible, |
| 0:17.6 | from behemoth to Zishadai to Riem, |
| 0:20.5 | which are creatures so large, they appear to be |
| 0:23.1 | mountains or block out the sun. Hebrew mythology elaborates on them, but was there more than just |
| 0:28.0 | myth to these creatures? Did they exist? Do they exist? Welcome to the Ghost and You podcast, a podcast |
| 0:35.4 | about the weird, the wonderful, and the terrifying in the Bible. |
| 0:39.2 | I'm Diane Student, your guide and host on this strange journey through the Bible. |
| 0:43.7 | Episode 7, Mythic Beasts. I'm If you've listened to the previous episodes, |
| 1:18.0 | you've figured out that the Bible is full of weird imagery and some bizarre creatures. |
| 1:22.4 | The ram is believed by some to be a unicorn. |
| 1:25.7 | But if it is, it certainly is not like the beautiful horse with a horn |
| 1:29.1 | coming out of the top of its head that has been popularized in mythology. Deuteronomy 3317 describes |
| 1:35.8 | the Riam as a firstborn bull. He has majesty and his horns are the horns of a wild ox. With them he |
| 1:42.9 | shall gore the peoples, all of them, to the ends of |
| 1:45.7 | earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. The King James |
| 1:52.3 | version of the Bible translates Riem as unicorn nine times, and the Septuagint also translates |
| 1:59.0 | Riam as unicorn. Some claim this was actually an aurox, |
| 2:03.5 | which is an extinct wild ox. Some biblical translations choose oryx for the word. The main |
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