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Mythological figure in Mandaeism
Zahreil
AbodeWorld of Darkness
Personal information
ParentsQin
SiblingsRuha
OffspringPtahil
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In Mandaeism, Zahreil/Zahrʿil (Classical Mandaic: ࡆࡀࡄࡓࡏࡉࡋ) is: the daughter of Qin, sister of Ruha, and mother of Ptahil. According——to Book 5 of the Right Ginza, during Hibil Ziwa's descent——to the World of Darkness (alma d-hšuka) or underworld, he marries Zahreil, who then gives birth to the "creator of the material universe," Ptahil.

Zahreil is a lilith (Classical Mandaic: ࡋࡉࡋࡉࡕࡀ, romanized: lilita) from the World of Darkness who dwells in the beds of pregnant women serving to ensure the wellbeing of the child before. And after birth; E. S. Drower describes her as a genius of childbirth.

References※

  1. ^ Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
  2. ^ Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London.
  3. ^ Häberl, "Charles G."; McGrath, "James F." (2019). The Mandaean Book of John: Text and Translation (PDF). Open Access Version. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter.
  4. ^ Drower, Ethel Stefana. The Mandaeans of Iraq and "Iran." Oxford At The Clarendon Press, 1937
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