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A great creature whose duty, in Islamic mythology, is to support the Earth. Bahamut takes the form of a bright fish with the head of an elephant or hippopotamus. On Bahamut’s back is a layer of sand on which stands a giant bull called Kujata; on the bull’s forehead is a mountain of rock which is a vessel for all the waters of the globe. In these waters, the Earth itself grew. Beneath Bahumut was a serpent of even greater size called Falak who held all the fires of hell. In another story, there was a ruby on the bull’s back on which stood an angel who held the six hells, the Earth and the seven heavens. Bahamut was so huge that no human being could contemplate or imagine his vastness. Only one being, the prophet Isa or Jesus, was allowed to see all of the creature at once.