so what is your fav monster

[wowboy]

that water monster from the movie cloverfield

[kiteguthan]

Lol, I never actually said mine. I guess it would have to be Darkside(From KH):



I know, It's a crappy pic...

[Eliyda]

The blue fuzzy guy in monsters inc.

[jannge]

[Demonhero]

No No No Tiamat is Sumerian man and was also known as Kronos or the second sun...

I'm pretty sure that there is a Babylonian Tiamat, even if it isn't the original. And Kronos is in Greek Mythology as well I do believe.

I thought the original Tiamat was Egyptian, but I could be mistaken.

Most assuredly not. The Egyptian pantheon did not include Tiamat.

Correct

And to the person who used the D&D reference yes is the first game to reference tiamat as a 5 headed dragon. and was copyrighted at that time. however in 1982 through 1990 there was an open gaming act that tsr enacted to get more planes or modules for d&D there for any likeness even to mythological deities that d&d had copyrighted there revised likeness too could be used in any game without repercussions.

and unfortunately likenesses of deities and mythological figures can be copyrighted. As long as a specific likeness is given to them ie tiamet five headed dragon.
Just so long as the specific likeness is altered from the historical likeness.

They can be copyrighted, but only insofar as the capacity in which the company used them. Which is basically what you said, but just summing it up.