Yawar Ziwa
Appearance
Yawar Ziwa | |
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Light | |
Other names | Yawar |
Abode | World of Light |
Consort | Simat Hayyi |
Part ofa serieson |
Mandaeism |
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InMandaeism,YawarZiwa(Classical Mandaic:ࡉࡀࡅࡀࡓ ࡆࡉࡅࡀ,lit. 'dazzling radiance'; also known asYawar Kasiaࡉࡀࡅࡀࡓ ࡊࡀࡎࡉࡀ"Hidden Yawar", orYawar Rabbaࡉࡀࡅࡀࡓ ࡓࡁࡀ"Great Yawar" ) is anuthra(angel or guardian) from theWorld of Light.He is the personification of light.[1][2]
Simat Hayyi,the personification of life, is married to Yawar Ziwa.[3]
Etymology
[edit]E. S. DrowertranslatesYawar Ziwaas "Dazzling Radiance",[4][5]althoughMark LidzbarskitranslatesYawaras "helper."
In theGinza Rabba
[edit]Book 14 of theRight Ginzamentions Yawar as one of the firstuthrasto have been created, along withYushamin.[6]
Yawar is identified inRight Ginza15.8 as "the firstGupna."[6]
As an epithet
[edit]Yawar Ziwa is also an epithet for several figures inMandaean scripture,including:[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Aldihisi, Sabah (2008).The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba(PhD). University College London.
- ^Al-Saadi, Qais Mughashghash; Al-Saadi, Hamed Mughashghash (2019). "Glossary".Ginza Rabba: The Great Treasure. An equivalent translation of the Mandaean Holy Book(2 ed.). Drabsha.
- ^Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002).The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people.New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN0-19-515385-5.OCLC65198443.
- ^Drower, Ethel Stefana. 1937.The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran.Oxford At The Clarendon Press.
- ^Drower, E. S. 1960.The Secret Adam: A Study of Nasoraean Gnosis.Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^abGelbert, Carlos (2011).Ginza Rba.Sydney: Living Water Books.ISBN9780958034630.