, ▁to ▁give ▁variant ▁read ings . ▁Its ▁chapter ▁that ▁includes ▁the ▁cosm ography ▁has ▁been ▁de emed ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁Ya q ut ▁al - H am aw i ▁( d . ▁ 1 2 2 9 )' s ▁Mu ' j am ▁al - B uld an , ▁with ▁similar ▁word ing , ▁with ▁some ▁re arr ang ements , ▁and ▁very ▁slight ▁amounts ▁of ▁dis cre p ant ▁information . ▁ ▁" Bal h ū t " ▁is ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁fish ▁given ▁in ▁both ▁I bn ▁al - W ardi ▁and ▁Ya q ut . ▁ ▁Y ak ut ▁and ▁al - W ardi ▁both ▁say ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁layer ▁of ▁sand hill ▁between ▁the ▁b ull ▁and ▁the ▁fish . ▁They ▁also ▁describe ▁what ▁lies ▁under ▁the ▁fish ▁is ▁again ▁somewhat ▁differently . ▁ ▁These ▁texts ▁connect ▁the ▁cos mic ▁fish ▁and ▁b ull ▁with ▁phen omena ▁of ▁nature , ▁namely ▁the ▁w ax ing ▁and ▁e bb ing ▁of ▁t ides , ▁maintenance ▁of ▁the ▁sea - level , ▁and ▁earth qu akes . ▁The ▁account ▁which ▁only ▁connect s ▁concerns ▁the ▁b ull ▁states ▁that ▁its ▁breath ing ▁causes ▁the ▁w ax ing ▁and ▁e bb ing ▁of ▁the ▁t ides . ▁And ▁since ▁the ▁fish ▁and ▁the ▁b ull ▁drink ▁the ▁water ▁running ▁off ▁the ▁earth ▁into ▁the ▁sea , ▁they ▁counter act ▁the ▁tap - off ▁causing ▁sea - level ▁to ▁rise . ▁But ▁the ▁be asts ▁will ▁eventually ▁become ▁eng org