East York Game Camp: Location – The Teaching Space, 2205 Danforth Ave. Toronto, Ontario (Main Floor)

Tiamat! Bahumut! These names are famous in D&D lore, but where do they come from? Well…according to Britanica.com:

“Tiamat, in ancient Mesopotamian mythology, the primordial goddess who was the personification of the salt sea and the mother of the gods. She also was associated with the chaos of creation.”

Bahamut, according to Zakariya al-Qazwini (a Persian cosmographer) was a great monster that help up the foundations of the earth.

In time, both these primordial deities worked their way into D&D lore. The evil chromatic dragons follow Tiamat (they are red, green, blue, white, and black). The good metallic dragons follow Bahumut (the good dragons are silver, gold, bronze, brass, copper). Bahamut is depicted as a great platinum dragon, whereas Tiamat is a five-headed red dragon – each head being one of the chromatic colours.

Pretty cool the way D&D can include so much from myth and legend into its own lore. The deep dive continues!