In Mandaeism, Yawar Ziwa (, ; also known as Yawar Kasia ࡉࡀࡅࡀࡓ ࡊࡀࡎࡉࡀ "Hidden Yawar", ; or Yawar Rabba ࡉࡀࡅࡀࡓ ࡓࡁࡀ "Great Yawar", ) is an uthra (angel or guardian) from the World of Light. He is the personification of light,
Simat Hayyi, the personification of life, is married to Yawar Ziwa.
Etymology
E. S. Drower translates
Yawar Ziwa as "Dazzling Radiance",
[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.] although
Mark Lidzbarski translates
Yawar as "helper."
In the Ginza Rabba
Book 14 of the
Right Ginza mentions Yawar as one of the first
to have been created, along with
Yushamin.
Yawar is identified in Right Ginza 15.8 as "the first Gupna."
In other Mandaean texts
In
Dmut Kušṭa (MS Asiatic. Misc. C. 12), Yawar Ziwa is the name of one of the heavenly trees.
As an epithet
Yawar Ziwa is also an epithet for several figures in Mandaean scripture, including:
Šum Yawar Ziwa
The
Šum Yawar Ziwa (ࡎࡅࡌ ࡉࡀࡅࡀࡓ ࡆࡉࡅࡀ) is a sacred gold ring worn by
.
See also
-
List of angels in theology
