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'Bahamut' ('' ''Bahamūt'') is a mythological being believed to be originated from Arabic creationist myths.

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Origin

Bahamut in fiction and popular culture

Square Enix/Fantasy Genre Associations

See also

References

Origin

Bahamut is originally an aquatic figure of Arabic mythology.^[1] Bahamut is an enormous overpower that resides in a vast sea. In another version, Bahamut is a giant being in Arabian mythology, thus the Judeo-Christian counterpart, Behemoth and the vocabulary significance. The book of Job also makes reference to a creature named "Behemoth," from which the Christian counterpart may also be borrowed. Bahamut rides on a giant whale creature called Liwash that resides in a vast sea, the Adwad. He supports a huge bull named Kujuta who supports a rock of ruby, atop which stands an angel who supports the seven heavens.

Bahamut in fiction and popular culture

★ Fantasy fiction derived from the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game re imagines Bahamut as a heroic dragon or a God of good dragons.

★ tri-Ace's has a two-handed sword called "Bahamut's Tear", which deals exceptional damage to dragons. In , at the Seraphic Gate, there is a boss named Bahamut who contained the Demon Sword Levantine. In the Tales series, they also have the "Bahamut's Tear" as either an axe or polearm.

★ Battle Bakraid has a boss named Bahamut, which is a gigantic tank. The game's bosses are all named for mythical creatures, although the fight with Bahamut takes place in a desert, despite its namesake's aquatic nature.

★ Bahamut appears in the games ''Bahamut Bahant Senki'', ''Bahamut Lagoon'','' In the Final Fantasy '' series 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 worshiped by the game's villain. The villain eventually transforms himself into a dragon to become an avatar of Bahamut.

★ In the game Brigandine, Bahamut is the evolved form of Couatl which evolved from the Basic Stage, Wyvern.

★ "Bahamut" is the title track of the first CD from the eclectic blues band Hazmat Modine. [1]

★ "Bahamut" is the name of a fish-like monster that lives in the subaquatic map of Atlans, in the MMORPG Mu Online, by Webzen.

★ In Fablehaven, Bahamut appears as a powerful demon who was chained up in order to build the preserve.

★ In Maplestory, Bahamut appears as a grown-up version of the Holy Dragon, and is the most powerful summon of the Bishop class.

Square Enix/Fantasy Genre Associations

★ Bahamut is widely featured in the Final Fantasy Series, for instance, as both the "King of Dragons" and the "King of the sky" in Square Enix's Final Fantasy games, as a summon. He is usually one of the strongest summons available. His attack is called Mega Flare, a powerful non-elemental attack which targets all enemies on the battlefield. Additionally, in Final Fantasy VII, he came in three progressively more powerful forms: Bahamut (Mega Flare), Neo-Bahamut (Giga Flare), and Bahamut ZERO (Tera Flare). In a movie sequel to the game, , a fourth form appeared named Bahamut Sin (Peta Flare), and although its name is not mentioned, people in-tune with the series can immediately express that this is another Bahamut (visibly similar to the summon in FFX). Bahamut is also a "sky fortress" in Final Fantasy XII.

★ Bahamut Lagoon is a spin-off game of Final Fantasy.

★ 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.

★ In Chocobo's Dungeon 2, Bahamut is a guardian of time and a powerful summon. He is depicted as a blackish blue dragon on two legs in keeping with Squaresofts/Square Enixs' other incarnations of him. Bahamut also appears in other Chocobo games.

★ In Ogre Battle 64, a Platinum Dragon can become a third level virtue dragon called a Bahamut.

See also

★ Behemoth

References

1. Who's Who of Non-Classical Mythology http://www.the-book-of-thoth.com/content-71.html

Bahamut is the lord of all dragons. He, being one of the 3 the ultamate dragons, is considered the king of dragons has two other incarnations Neo Bahamut(The dragon emperor) and Bahamut Zero (The god of all dragons)