Ezlat
| ʿZlat | |
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| Other names | ʿZlat Rabtia |
| Abode | World of Light |
| Consort | Shishlam |
| Part ofa serieson |
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InMandaeism,ʿZlat(Classical Mandaic:ࡏࡆࡋࡀࡕ,lit. 'she wove/she span'), alsoEzlat,Īzlat,orʿZlat Rabtia('ʿZlat the Great'), is the wife or female consort ofShishlam,a figure representing theprototypicalpriestor prototypicalMandaean.Hence, Zlat symbolizes the prototypical Mandaean priestly wife as the archetype of the pure bride.[1]She is described in the Mandaean priestly textThe Thousand and Twelve Questionsas the "Wellspring of Light."[2]
Zlat is also mentioned inQulastaprayers 17,105,106, 171, and 173 (theŠumhata).[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Drower, Ethel Stephana(1960).The secret Adam, a study of Nasoraean gnosis(PDF).London UK: Clarendon Press. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 6 March 2014.Retrieved19 February2014.
- ^Drower, Ethel S. (1960).The Thousand and Twelve Questions: A Mandaean Text (Alf Trisar Šuialia).Berlin: Akademie Verlag. p. 111.
- ^Drower, E. S. (1959).The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans.Leiden: E. J. Brill.
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