Bahamut
From The Book of THoTH (Leaves of Wisdom)
Bahamut ( بهموت Bahamūt) is a giant aquatic creature in Arabic mythology.
Bahamut is an enormous fish that resides in a vast sea. He supports a huge bull named Kujuta who has four thousand eyes, and the same number of ears, noses, mouths, tongues and feet. Between every one of each is a distance of five hundred years' journey. Kujuta supports on him a rock of ruby, atop which stands an angel who supports the seven earths.
Thanks to its use in the popular Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the name "Bahamut" is now commonly associated with dragons in fantasy fiction and video games.
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Bahamut in fiction and popular culture
- Fantasy fiction derived from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game reimagines Bahamut as a heroic dragon.
- tri-Ace's Valkyrie Profile has a two-handed sword called "Bahamut's Tear", which deals exceptional damage to dragons. In Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria, at the Seraphic Gate, there is a boss named Bahamut who contained the Demon Sword Levantine.
- Bahamut is featured as the "King of Dragons" in Square Enix's Final Fantasy games, as a summon. He is one of the strongest summons available, and typically received in an optional side-quest. His attack is called Mega-Flare or Meganuke, a powerful non-elemental attack which targets all enemies on the battlefield.
- Super Mario RPG contains a dragon called Bahamut that is summoned by a Magikoopa. The reference may be intentional, since the game was also made by Squaresoft, now Square Enix.
- Bahamut appears in the games Bahamut Bahant Senki, Bahamut Lagoon, and Realms of Despair.
- "Bahamut" is the name of a huge motorcycle in the anime Megazone 23.
- Bahamut is the IRCd (Internet Relay Chat Daemon) used by the DALnet IRC network.
- In the cyberpunk DOS and Sega CD game Rise of the Dragon, released by Dynamix, Bahamut is a powerful and demonic dragon worshipped by the game's villain. The villain eventually transforms himself into a dragon to become an avatar of Bahamut.
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