Ezekiel also draws on mythological traditions. According to one definition, a myth is a traditional story set in the promordial past and involving supernatural elements. Myth and history are not necessarily opposed; mythological concepts and language were emmployed by biblical authors to show the transcendent significance of the historical laws and events they interpreted. Ezekiel, for example, used mythological language to describe his vision at the Chebar canal: the Lord appears to him in a storm cloud, luminous yet dark with water, borne by four composite figures having traits of animals and humans.
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