Yawar Ziwa

Yawar Ziwa
Yawar Ziwa
Light
Other names	Yawar
Abode	World of Light
Consort	Simat Hayyi

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]}

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.ISBN 0-19-515385-5.OCLC 65198443.
^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.
^^a ^bGelbert, Carlos (2011).Ginza Rba.Sydney: Living Water Books.ISBN 9780958034630.

[Aldihisi_2008-1] Aldihisi, Sabah (2008).The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba(PhD). University College London.

[GR_Saadi-2] 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_2002-3] Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002).The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people.New York: Oxford University Press.ISBN 0-19-515385-5.OCLC 65198443.

[4] Drower, Ethel Stefana. 1937.The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran.Oxford At The Clarendon Press.

[Secret_Adam-5] Drower, E. S. 1960.The Secret Adam: A Study of Nasoraean Gnosis.Oxford: Clarendon Press.

[GR_Gelbert-6] Gelbert, Carlos (2011).Ginza Rba.Sydney: Living Water Books.ISBN 9780958034630.

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