Rahab

Rahab is one of the many names of the dragon killed by Yahweh in the early Hebrew dragon-slaying myth. Unknown. (1972). "Rahab", in Leach, M. (ed) Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend. 3rd ed. pp.920
== Identity ==
In the Biblical books of Isiah & Job, as well as the psalms, the dragon is referred to as Rahab, Leviathan, Tannin, and "the Serpent". She is identified with similar sea dragons killed by heroes, such as Tiamat and Lotan. 
In the Rabbinical tradition, Rahab was the angel of the sea before Yahweh killed her. 
Rahab was also the name of the harlot of Jericho who assisted the Israelites, who Robert Graves claims was a priestess of Rahab, a goddess of the sea. Graves suggests that the story of Rahab later marrying Joshua represents a political marriage between an invading chieftain and a representative of a group of local politically powerful priestesses, and uses the fact that all their children were girls to support this. 
== Further Reading ==
The White Goddess, Robert Graves
== References ==
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