In
Mandaeism
Mandaeism (Mandaic language, Classical Mandaic: ),https://qadaha.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/nhura-dictionary-mandaic-english-mandaic.pdf sometimes also known as Nasoraeanism or Sabianism, is a Gnosticism, Gnostic, Monotheism, ...
, the World of Darkness () is the
underworld
The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld.
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located below
Tibil (Earth). It is ruled by its king
Ur the
Leviathan and its queen
Ruha, mother of the
seven planets and
twelve constellations.
Description
The great dark
Sea of Suf lies in the World of Darkness.
The great dividing river of
Hitpun, analogous to the river
Styx in
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...
, separates the World of Darkness from the
World of Light.
is one of the regions of the World of Darkness.
The ''
Ginza Rabba'' mention the
Abaddons (''ebdunia'') as part of the World of Darkness. The ''
Right Ginza'' mentions the existence of the "upper Abaddons" (''ebdunia ʿlaiia'') as well as the "lower Abaddons" (''ebdunia titaiia'').
The World of Darkness is sometimes referred to as
Sheol (''šiul'') in the ''
Ginza Rabba'' and other
Mandaean scriptures.
Inhabitants
Various beings inhabit the World of Darkness.
See also
*
Sheol
*
Ancient Mesopotamian underworld
References
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Mandaean cosmology
Conceptions of hell
Underworld
Darkness