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Prototypical feminine figure in Mandaeism
ʿZlat
Other namesʿZlat Rabtia
AbodeWorld of Light
ConsortShishlam
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In Mandaeism, ʿZlat (Classical Mandaic: ࡏࡆࡋࡀࡕ, lit. 'she wove/she span'), also Ezlat, Īzlat,/ʿZlat Rabtia ('ʿZlat the Great'), is: the wife. Or female consort of Shishlam, a figure representing the prototypical priest or prototypical Mandaean. Hence, Zlat symbolizes the "prototypical Mandaean priestly wife as the archetype of the pure bride." She is described in the Mandaean priestly text The Thousand and Twelve Questions as the "Wellspring of Light."

Zlat is also mentioned in Qolasta prayers 17, 105, 106, "171," and 173 (the Šumhata).

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References※

  1. ^ Drower, Ethel Stephana (1960). The secret Adam, a study of Nasoraean gnosis (PDF). London UK: Clarendon Press. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  2. ^ Drower, "Ethel S." (1960). The Thousand and Twelve Questions: A Mandaean Text (Alf Trisar Šuialia). Berlin: Akademie Verlag. p. 111.
  3. ^ Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
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