Falak ( ar, فلك) is the giant serpent mentioned in the ''
One Thousand and One Nights
''One Thousand and One Nights'' ( ar, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, italic=yes, ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the ''Arabian ...
''. He resides below
Bahamut
Bahamut, or Bahamoot ( ; ar, بهموت), is a monster that lies deep below, underpinning the support structure that holds up the earth, according to Zakariya al-Qazwini.
In this conception of the world, the earth is shouldered by an angel, w ...
, 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.
[Theresa Bane ''Encyclopedia of Beasts and Monsters in Myth, Legend and Folklore'' McFarland, 2016 p. 51] Falak itself resides in the seventh hell below everything else and it is said to be so powerful that only its fear of the greater power of
God
In monotheism, monotheistic thought, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator deity, creator, and principal object of Faith#Religious views, faith.Richard Swinburne, Swinburne, R.G. "God" in Ted Honderich, Honderich, Ted. (ed)''The Ox ...
prevents it from swallowing all the creation above.
See also
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Leviathan
Leviathan (; he, לִוְיָתָן, ) is a sea serpent noted in theology and mythology. It is referenced in several books of the Hebrew Bible, including Psalms, the Book of Job, the Book of Isaiah, the Book of Amos, and, according to some ...
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Surtr
In Norse mythology, Surtr (Old Norse "black"Orchard (1997:154). "the swarthy one",Simek (2007:303–304) Surtur in modern Icelandic), also sometimes written Surt in English, is a jötunn. Surtr is attested in the ''Poetic Edda'', compiled in the ...
References
Arabian legendary creatures
Legendary serpents
Jahannam
One Thousand and One Nights
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