Kuo-toa
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In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Kuo-toa are a debased humanoid fish-like race that dwell in the Underdark. The have man-like bodies and fish-like heads. The Kuo-toans raid seaside settlements for human victims. They worship their goddess Blibdoolpoolp.
Their creation was inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's demonic fish-men, the Deep Ones, introduced in his horror novel The Shadow Over Innsmouth. Lovecraft was often inspired by Babylonian and Arabian mythology. The ancient Babylonians believed in fish-men named Kulullu, one race of demons that of Tiamat gave birth to. The word Kulullu sounds much like Cthulu, the name of Lovecraft's evil submarine god.
Kuo-toa in the Forgotten Realms
In the Forgotten Realms campaign setting kuo-toans maitain friendly relations with drow, their Underdark neighbours. Blibdoolpoolp is the focus of the kuo-toans' lives, and even has her own monstrous, deformed kuo-toa breed - the giant kuo-toa leviathan.