Talk:Tiamat/@comment-86.170.11.21-20101017003107/@comment-98.18.105.93-20101207053745

The immediately above contributor is correct. The name Tiamat is much, much, *much* older than video game references. Before StarCraft it was in Final Fantasy, before Final Fantasy it was in D&D, before that it was in countless fantasy tales and myths, but it originated in Babylonian creation myth.

Manamune is also not a Final Fantasy reference, not even indirectly. Masamune was a Japanese swordsmith in the late 13th and early 14th centuries who practically invented the "tachi" (sword), the precursor to the katana. His swords are often called by his name.

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