Bahamut (Cosmic Fish)

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Bahamut is a colossal cosmic fish in Arabic mythology that supports the entire structure of the world. According to medieval Islamic cosmology, Bahamut is so vast that all the oceans of the world placed in one of its nostrils would be like a mustard seed in the desert. Upon Bahamut's head stands a giant bull named Kuyutha (or Kiyuban) with 40,000 horns and legs, upon whose back rests a mountain of ruby, atop which stands an angel who supports the seven heavens and the earth. Below Bahamut lies a fathomless sea, beneath that a realm of air, then a realm of fire, and finally the great serpent Fa

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