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Hellmouth
In medieval theatre, a hellmouth was a prop or mechanical device which was used to attempt to scare the audience by vividly dramatizing an entrance to HellIn Roman church history, the concept of Leviathan] (translated from [[Hebrew language|Hebrew, Job 41:1, "wreathed animal") has been equated with this description, although there is no etymological basis for this equation.
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