Bahamut
Sign in to savethumb|280px|The fish (Bahamut) carries on its back the giant bull (Kuyuta), and on the green hyacinth slab stands an earth-bearing angel.
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- Orthography
- Lane's summary
- Arabic sources
- Cosmography
- Qazwini group
- Yakut group
- Lives of prophets
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- See also
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thumb|280px|The fish (Bahamut) carries on its back the giant bull (Kuyuta), and on the green hyacinth slab stands an earth-bearing angel.
Bahamut, or Bahamoot ( ; ), according to Zakariya al-Qazwini, is a monster that lies deep below, underpinning the support structure that holds up the earth.
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