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The creature, named Bahamut or Balhut in these sources, can be described as a fish or whale according to translation, since the original Arabic word hūt (حوت) can mean either. [4] Also, the gem comprising the slab beneath the angel's feet, in Arabic yāqūt ( ياقوت ) is of ambiguous meaning, [ 16 ] and can be rendered as "ruby", or ...
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Lane's summary of Arabic source [b] explains that "Kuyootà" was the name of the bull created by God to hold up a rock of "ruby", on which stood an earth-propping angel. God created the angel, rock, then the bull in that order according to this source, [g] then a giant fish called Bahamut to sustain the bull underneath. Before this, the earth ...
According to a hadith attributed to ibn Abbas, God created four types of intelligent beings; those among whom all will be in paradise - they are the angels; all those who will be in hell-fire - they are the devils; and creatures both in paradise and hell - they are the jinn and humans. [1] Most creatures can be assigned to these.
Kalavinka – a fantastical immortal creature in Buddhism, with a human head and a bird's torso and long flowing tail; Karura – divine creature with human torso and birdlike head; Kinnara – Half-bird musicians; Lamassu (Mesopotamian) – goddess with a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings
Falak (Arabic: فلك) is the giant serpent mentioned in the One Thousand and One Nights. [1] He resides below Bahamut, the giant fish which carries (along with a bull and an angel) the rest of the universe including six hells, the earths and the heavens. [2]
Mount Qaf, or Qaf-Kuh, also spelled Cafcuh and Kafkuh (Persian: قافکوه), or Jabal Qaf, also spelled Djebel Qaf (Arabic: جبل قاف); Koh-i-Qaf, also spelled Koh-Qaf and Kuh-i-Qaf or Kuh-e Qaf (Persian: کوہ قاف); or Kaf Dağı in Turkish is a legendary mountain in the popular mythology of the Middle East.
Badalisc – Goat-like creature from the southern central Alps; Bagiennik – Malevolent water spirit; Bahamut – Giant fish; Bai Ze – Talking beast which handed down knowledge on harmful spirits; Ba Jiao Gui – Banana tree spirit; Bak (Indian) – Assamese shape-shifting aqueous creature