In Mandaeism, Yawar Ziwa (, ; also known as Yawar Kasia "Hidden Yawar", ; or Yawar Rabba "Great Yawar", ) is an uthra (angel or guardian) from the World of Light. He is the personification of light, as well as the head of reproductive powers.
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 uthras 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: Abatur Hibil Ziwa Manda d-Hayyi
Šum Yawar Ziwa The Šum Yawar Ziwa () is a sacred gold ring worn by Mandaean priests.
See also List of angels in theology
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