Talk:Kuyutha

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[edit] Kujata

Musy, what is the Arabic spelling (and vowels) for Kujata? Also...this talk page is too big to edit comfortably. XD - Gilgamesh 00:38, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

A fatwa from Al-Azhar states that this fish-and-bull story was most probably made up by Wahb ibn Munabbih and copied uncritically by some later authors. It gives the bull's name as Kuyutha (كيوثاء) and the fish's name as Bahamut (بهموت). However, I can only find one other mention of this name, by someone called al-Abshihi, so I wouldn't rely too much on this. Most of the stuff I'm seeing says the lowest earth rested on Bahamut directly anyway. - Mustafaa 19:12, 9 January 2006 (UTC)