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Mandaeism
Mandaeism (Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡀࡍࡃࡀࡉࡉࡀ ; Arabic: المندائيّة ), sometimes also known as Nasoraeanism or Sabianism, is a Gnostic, monotheistic and ethnic religion. Its adherents, the Mandaeans, revere Adam, Abel, S ...
, ʿZlat ( myz, ࡏࡆࡋࡀࡕ, lit=she wove/she span), also Ezlat, Īzlat, or ʿZlat Rabtia ('ʿZlat the Great'), is the wife or female consort of
Shishlam, a figure representing the
prototypical priest
A priest is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particu ...
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 1012 Questions'' as the "Wellspring of Light."
Zlat is also mentioned in ''
Qolasta'' prayers 17,
105 105 may refer to:
*105 (number), the number
*AD 105, a year in the 2nd century AD
*105 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC
* 105 (telephone number)
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, 106, 171, and 173 (the ''Šumhata'').
See also
*
Simat Hayyi
References
Mythological archetypes
Personifications in Mandaeism
Women and religion
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