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class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Prophets</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam" title="Adam">Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seth" title="Seth">Seth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noah" title="Noah">Noah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shem" title="Shem">Shem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_the_Baptist" title="John the Baptist">John the Baptist</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Names for adherents</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mandaeans" title="Mandaeans">Mandaeans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabians" title="Sabians">Sabians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nazarene_(sect)#Nasoraean_Mandaeans" title="Nazarene (sect)">Nasoraeans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnosticism" title="Gnosticism">Gnostics</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Mandaean_texts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Mandaean texts">Scriptures</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ginza_Rabba" title="Ginza Rabba">Ginza Rabba</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Right_Ginza" title="Right Ginza">Right Ginza</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Left_Ginza" title="Left Ginza">Left Ginza</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_Book_of_John" title="Mandaean Book of John">Mandaean Book of John</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Qulasta" title="Qulasta">Qulasta</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Qulasta_prayers" title="List of Qulasta prayers">list</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Haran_Gawaita" title="Haran Gawaita">Haran Gawaita</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wedding_of_the_Great_Shishlam" title="The Wedding of the Great Shishlam">The Wedding of the Great Shishlam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Baptism_of_Hibil_Ziwa" title="The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa">The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Diwan_Abatur" class="mw-redirect" title="Diwan Abatur">Diwan Abatur</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thousand_and_Twelve_Questions" title="The Thousand and Twelve Questions">The Thousand and Twelve Questions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_Exalted_Kingship" title="Scroll of Exalted Kingship">Scroll of Exalted Kingship</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Coronation_of_the_Great_Shishlam" title="The Coronation of the Great Shishlam">The Coronation of the Great Shishlam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alma_Ri%C5%A1aia_Rba" title="Alma Rišaia Rba">Alma Rišaia Rba</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alma_Ri%C5%A1aia_Zu%E1%B9%ADa" title="Alma Rišaia Zuṭa">Alma Rišaia Zuṭa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zihrun_Raza_Kasia" title="Zihrun Raza Kasia">Zihrun Raza Kasia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_the_Parwanaya" title="Scroll of the Parwanaya">Scroll of the Parwanaya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Zodiac" title="Book of the Zodiac">Book of the Zodiac</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dmut_Ku%C5%A1%E1%B9%ADa" title="Dmut Kušṭa">Dmut Kušṭa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_the_Rivers" title="Scroll of the Rivers">Scroll of the Rivers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secrets_of_the_Ancestors" title="Secrets of the Ancestors">Secrets of the Ancestors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_the_Ancestors" title="Scroll of the Ancestors">Scroll of the Ancestors</a></i></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_priest" title="Mandaean priest">Priests</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rishama" title="Rishama">Rishama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ganzibra" title="Ganzibra">Ganzibra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarmida" title="Tarmida">Tarmida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shganda" title="Shganda">Shganda</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Individual leaders</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miriai" title="Miriai">Miriai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shlama_beth_Qidra" title="Shlama beth Qidra">Shlama beth Qidra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zazai_of_Gawazta" title="Zazai of Gawazta">Zazai of Gawazta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anush_Bar_Danqa" class="mw-redirect" title="Anush Bar Danqa">Anush Bar Danqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yahya_Bihram" title="Yahya Bihram">Yahya Bihram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakhil_Aidan" title="Dakhil Aidan">Dakhil Aidan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jabbar_Choheili" title="Jabbar Choheili">Jabbar Choheili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sattar_Jabbar_Hilow" title="Sattar Jabbar Hilow">Sattar Jabbar Hilow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Najah_Choheili" title="Najah Choheili">Najah Choheili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salah_Choheili" title="Salah Choheili">Salah Choheili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brikha_Nasoraia" title="Brikha Nasoraia">Brikha Nasoraia</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Rituals</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masbuta" title="Masbuta">Masbuta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masiqta" title="Masiqta">Masiqta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamasha_(ablution)" title="Tamasha (ablution)">Tamasha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishama_(ablution)" title="Rishama (ablution)">Rishama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushta" title="Kushta">Kushta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qabin" title="Qabin">Qabin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misha_(Mandaeism)" title="Misha (Mandaeism)">Misha</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Ritual food and drink</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mambuha" title="Mambuha">Mambuha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halalta" title="Halalta">Halalta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamra_(Mandaeism)" title="Hamra (Mandaeism)">Hamra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pihta" title="Pihta">Pihta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatira" title="Fatira">Fatira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zidqa_brikha" title="Zidqa brikha">Zidqa brikha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lofani" title="Lofani">Lofani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sa_(Mandaeism)" title="Sa (Mandaeism)">Sa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dukrana" title="Dukrana">Dukrana</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Practices</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hayyi_Rabbi" title="Hayyi Rabbi">Belief in Oneness of God</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brakha" title="Brakha">Daily prayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masbuta" title="Masbuta">Baptism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sauma" title="Sauma">Fasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zidqa" title="Zidqa">Almsgiving</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="background:#efefef;text-align:center;;color: var(--color-base)">Objects and symbols</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drabsha" title="Drabsha">Drabsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rasta_(Mandaeism)" title="Rasta (Mandaeism)">Rasta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burzinqa" title="Burzinqa">Burzinqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandama" title="Pandama">Pandama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Klila" title="Klila">Klila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taga_(Mandaeism)" title="Taga (Mandaeism)">Taga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riha_(Mandaeism)" title="Riha (Mandaeism)">Riha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skandola" title="Skandola">Skandola</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td 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title="Hibil">Hibil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shitil" title="Shitil">Shitil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anush_(Mandaeism)" title="Anush (Mandaeism)">Anush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Ziwa" title="Sam Ziwa">Sam Ziwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bihram" title="Bihram">Bihram Rabba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adathan" class="mw-redirect" title="Adathan">Adathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yadathan" class="mw-redirect" title="Yadathan">Yadathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shilmai" title="Shilmai">Shilmai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nidbai" title="Nidbai">Nidbai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yawar_Ziwa" title="Yawar Ziwa">Yawar Ziwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simat_Hayyi" title="Simat Hayyi">Simat Hayyi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yufin-Yufafin" title="Yufin-Yufafin">Yufin-Yufafin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nsab" title="Nsab">Nsab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nbat" title="Nbat">Nbat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gubran" title="Gubran">Gubran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shihlun" title="Shihlun">Shihlun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urfeil" class="mw-redirect" title="Urfeil">Urfeil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marfeil" class="mw-redirect" title="Marfeil">Marfeil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saureil" title="Saureil">Saureil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zihrun" title="Zihrun">Zihrun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etinsib_Ziwa" title="Etinsib Ziwa">Etinsib Ziwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Piriawis" title="Piriawis">Piriawis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarwan" title="Tarwan">Tarwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yura_(Mandaeism)" title="Yura (Mandaeism)">Yura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yurba" title="Yurba">Yurba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukashar" title="Yukashar">Yukashar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziwa_(Aramaic)#Mandaeism" title="Ziwa (Aramaic)">Ziwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahrat" title="Shahrat">Shahrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malwasha" class="mw-redirect" title="Malwasha">Malwasha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishimta" title="Nishimta">Nishimta</a></li> 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In Arabic, <b>Ruh</b> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">روح</span></span>) signifies "spirit" or "soul" and is a fundamental concept in Islam, referring to the divine breath of life.<sup id="cite_ref-RuhIslam_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RuhIslam-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, in Hebrew, <b>Ruach</b> (<span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">רוח</span></span>) means "spirit," "wind," or "breath," and <b>Ruach HaKodesh</b> (<span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he" dir="rtl">רוח הקודש</span></span>) denotes the "Holy Spirit" in Judaism.<sup id="cite_ref-RuachJudaism_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RuachJudaism-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Sanskrit, <b>Ruha</b> (<span title="Sanskrit-language text"><span lang="sa">रुह</span></span>) translates to "one who has grown or ascended," often signifying spiritual growth and having positive connotations as a name.<sup id="cite_ref-RuhaSanskrit_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RuhaSanskrit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Mandaeism" title="Mandaeism">Mandaeism</a>, <b>Rūha</b> (<a href="/wiki/Classical_Mandaic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical Mandaic language">Classical Mandaic</a>: <span lang="myz" dir="rtl">ࡓࡅࡄࡀ</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit.</a> </small>'spirit/breath'; also known as <b>Namrūs</b> or <b>Hiwat</b> (<b>Ewath</b>; <a href="/wiki/Classical_Mandaic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical Mandaic language">Classical Mandaic</a>: <span lang="myz" dir="rtl">ࡏࡅࡀࡕ</span>)<sup id="cite_ref-Aldihisi_2008_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aldihisi_2008-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a significant figure, often depicted as the queen of the <a href="/wiki/World_of_Darkness_(Mandaeism)" title="World of Darkness (Mandaeism)">World of Darkness</a> (<i>alma ḏ-hšuka</i>) or <a href="/wiki/Underworld" title="Underworld">underworld</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Buckley_2002_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley_2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She rules the underworld together with her son <a href="/wiki/Ur_(Mandaeism)" title="Ur (Mandaeism)">Ur</a>, the king of the World of Darkness, and her entourage of the <a href="/wiki/Seven_planets" class="mw-redirect" title="Seven planets">seven planets</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zodiac" title="Zodiac">twelve constellations</a>, who are also her offspring with Ur.<sup id="cite_ref-Aldihisi_2008_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aldihisi_2008-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ruha is the daughter of <a href="/wiki/Qin_(Mandaeism)" title="Qin (Mandaeism)">Qin</a>, the Mistress of Darkness in the first underworld. She is the ruler of the third <i><a href="/wiki/Ma%E1%B9%ADarta" class="mw-redirect" title="Maṭarta">maṭarta</a></i> (watch-house or purgatory). She is associated with lust, uncleanness (i.e., menstrual impurity), and other negative feminine qualities.<sup id="cite_ref-Aldihisi_2008_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aldihisi_2008-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Names_and_epithets">Names and epithets</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruha&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Names and epithets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Ginza_Rabba" title="Ginza Rabba">Ginza Rabba</a></i> refers to Ruha using various <a href="/wiki/Epithet" title="Epithet">epithets</a>, such as:<sup id="cite_ref-Aldihisi_2008_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aldihisi_2008-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Rūha Masṭanita</i> "Ruha the Seductress"</li> <li><i>Rūha ḏ-<a href="/wiki/Q-D-%C5%A0" title="Q-D-Š">Qudša</a></i> "<a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit" title="Holy Spirit">Holy Spirit</a>"</li> <li><i>ḏ-Libat ʿstra Amamit</i> "<a href="/wiki/Libat" title="Libat">Libat</a>-<a href="/wiki/Ishtar" class="mw-redirect" title="Ishtar">Ishtar</a>-<a href="/wiki/Amamit" class="mw-redirect" title="Amamit">Amamit</a>" (i.e., <a href="/wiki/Venus_(mythology)" title="Venus (mythology)">Venus</a>)</li></ul> <p>Use of the term "Holy Spirit" for Ruha is primarily confined to <a href="/wiki/Polemic" title="Polemic">polemical</a> texts, and not found in esoteric or ritual scrolls.<sup id="cite_ref-rehab_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rehab-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other epithets mentioned in the <i><a href="/wiki/Ginza_Rabba" title="Ginza Rabba">Ginza Rabba</a></i> are:<sup id="cite_ref-GR_Gelbert_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR_Gelbert-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Amamit</li> <li>Namrus (Nimrus)</li> <li>Qananit (in <i><a href="/wiki/Right_Ginza" title="Right Ginza">Right Ginza</a></i> Book 6, i.e. the <i>Book of <a href="/wiki/Dinanukht" title="Dinanukht">Dinanukht</a></i>)</li> <li>Dayum (in <i><a href="/wiki/Left_Ginza" title="Left Ginza">Left Ginza</a></i> 3.27)</li></ul> <p>Gelbert (2013) connects the name Ruha to the city <a href="/wiki/Urha" class="mw-redirect" title="Urha">Urha</a> (<a href="/wiki/Edessa" title="Edessa">Edessa</a>), although this hypothesis has not been peer reviewed.<sup id="cite_ref-Gelbert_2013_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gelbert_2013-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Children">Children</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruha&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Children"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Mandaean_cosmology" title="Mandaean cosmology">Mandaean cosmology</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mandaean_calendar" title="Mandaean calendar">Mandaean calendar</a></div> <p>Rūha bears a son called <a href="/wiki/Ur_(Mandaeism)" title="Ur (Mandaeism)">Ur</a> with <a href="/wiki/Gaf_(Mandaeism)" title="Gaf (Mandaeism)">Gaf</a>, one of the giants in the <a href="/wiki/World_of_Darkness_(Mandaeism)" title="World of Darkness (Mandaeism)">World of Darkness</a> described in book 5 of the <i><a href="/wiki/Ginza_Rabba" title="Ginza Rabba">Ginza Rabba</a></i>. She then commits incest with Ur, giving birth to the <a href="/wiki/Seven_planets" class="mw-redirect" title="Seven planets">seven planets</a> and twelve <a href="/wiki/Zodiac" title="Zodiac">zodiacs</a> (listed below).<sup id="cite_ref-Aldihisi_2008_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aldihisi_2008-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <dl><dt>Twelve Constellations (<i>trisar malwašia</i>)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daula_(month)" title="Daula (month)">Daula</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aquarius_(astrology)" title="Aquarius (astrology)">Aquarius</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuna_(month)" title="Nuna (month)">Nuna</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pisces_(astrology)" title="Pisces (astrology)">Pisces</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Embra_(month)" title="Embra (month)">ʿmbra</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aries_(astrology)" title="Aries (astrology)">Aries</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taura_(month)" title="Taura (month)">Taura</a> (<a href="/wiki/Taurus_(astrology)" title="Taurus (astrology)">Taurus</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silmia" title="Silmia">Ṣilmia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Gemini_(astrology)" title="Gemini (astrology)">Gemini</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sartana_(month)" title="Sartana (month)">Sarṭana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cancer_(astrology)" title="Cancer (astrology)">Cancer</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aria_(month)" title="Aria (month)">Aria</a> (<a href="/wiki/Leo_(astrology)" title="Leo (astrology)">Leo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shumbulta" title="Shumbulta">Šumbulta</a> (<a href="/wiki/Virgo_(astrology)" title="Virgo (astrology)">Virgo</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qaina" title="Qaina">Qaina</a> (<a href="/wiki/Libra_(astrology)" title="Libra (astrology)">Libra</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arqba" title="Arqba">Arqba</a> (<a href="/wiki/Scorpio_(astrology)" title="Scorpio (astrology)">Scorpio</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hitia" title="Hitia">Hiṭia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sagittarius_(astrology)" title="Sagittarius (astrology)">Sagittarius</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gadia_(month)" title="Gadia (month)">Gadia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Capricorn_(astrology)" title="Capricorn (astrology)">Capricorn</a>)</li></ul> </td> <td class="col-break"> <dl><dt>Seven Planets (<i>šuba šibiahia</i>)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shamish" title="Shamish">Shamish</a> (Sun)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libat" title="Libat">Libat</a> (Venus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nbu" title="Nbu">Nbu</a> (Mercury)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sin_(Mandaeism)" title="Sin (Mandaeism)">Sin</a> (Moon)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiwan" title="Kiwan">Kiwan</a> (Saturn)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bil_(Mandaeism)" title="Bil (Mandaeism)">Bil</a> (Jupiter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirig" title="Nirig">Nirig</a> (Mars)</li></ul> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cosmological_role">Cosmological role</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruha&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cosmological role"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to <a href="/wiki/Jorunn_Jacobsen_Buckley" title="Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley">Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley</a>, Ruha is a complex character who can not be simply portrayed as an evil <a href="/wiki/Archon_(Gnosticism)" title="Archon (Gnosticism)">archon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Buckley_2002_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley_2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Captivity_and_role_in_creation">Captivity and role in creation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruha&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Captivity and role in creation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of his descent to the World of Darkness, <a href="/wiki/Hibil_Ziwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Hibil Ziwa">Hibil Ziwa</a> leads Ruha out of the World of Darkness, claiming to lead her to her parents in the world above, and seals her in a world belonging to neither light nor darkness. When sealed in this world, she gives birth to <a href="/wiki/Ur_(Mandaeism)" title="Ur (Mandaeism)">Ur</a>. Whereas Ur wishes to wage war against the World of Light, viewed in Ruha's mirror, Ruha discourages this intent. Hibil confiscates this mirror and binds Ur in chains, noting that <a href="/wiki/Hayyi_Rabbi" title="Hayyi Rabbi">Hayyi Rabbi</a> had sent him in anger against Ur.<sup id="cite_ref-rehab_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rehab-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ruha sleeps with Ur in a futile attempt to liberate him, giving birth to the <a href="/wiki/Mandaean_cosmology#Planets" title="Mandaean cosmology">seven planets</a> and twelve signs of the Zodiac, with whom she expresses dissatisfaction. Ruha and <a href="/wiki/Ptahil" title="Ptahil">Ptahil</a> both play a role in creation, with each gaining control when the other's power subsides, but cannot animate mankind with a soul, despite providing him with their own mysteries, since Ruha represents the ambivalent "spirit" element rather than the light-world "soul" element. Adam is made after Ptahil's image, while Hawa (Eve) is made either after Adam's image or after Ruha's, depending on account. When Adam dies and ascends to the World of Life, Ruha tempts Eve to mourn his loss, and laments her own lack of gnosis of the treasures of salvation; when Eve dies and is lead to the World of Light by Hibil, Ruha bewails that Hibil takes from her everything which is desirable, leaving only that which is worthless.<sup id="cite_ref-rehab_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rehab-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding_of_Jerusalem_and_interaction_with_envoys">Founding of Jerusalem and interaction with envoys</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruha&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Founding of Jerusalem and interaction with envoys"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ruha, in command of her sons the <a href="/wiki/Mandaean_cosmology#Planets" title="Mandaean cosmology">seven planets</a>, including Adonai (Shamish), sets out to build <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>. <a href="/wiki/Anush_Uthra" class="mw-redirect" title="Anush Uthra">Anush Uthra</a> admonishes that 365 Mandaeans will arise in the city, but Ruha goes ahead with its construction, erecting its <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_claimed_to_be_built_on_seven_hills#Asia" title="List of cities claimed to be built on seven hills">seven pillars</a>. Anush preaches Mandaeism in Jerusalem and gains a following converting Jews to Mandaeism; due to this, the Jews persecute and kill the Mandaeans, leading Anush to plan to destroy the city in retribution. Ruha futilely begs Anush for a compromise, first for him not to destroy her city, then for her to be permitted to aid him in the destruction by collapsing the walls upon the Jews, killing them; Anush accepts neither plea.<sup id="cite_ref-rehab_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rehab-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Buckley_2002_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley_2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 44">: 44 </span></sup> Although Adonai is depicted under Ruha's sway, the <a href="/wiki/Haran_Gawaita" title="Haran Gawaita">Haran Gawaita</a> indicates the Mandaeans loved Adonai while in Jerusalem until the birth of Jesus.<sup id="cite_ref-Buckley_2002_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley_2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 49">: 49 </span></sup> </p><p>Ruha's other interactions with lightworld envoys such as <a href="/wiki/Hibil_Ziwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Hibil Ziwa">Hibil Ziwa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manda_d-Hayyi" title="Manda d-Hayyi">Manda d-Hayyi</a> are often more positive, where Ruha is rebuked but empowered, obtaining guidelines for her own salvation.<sup id="cite_ref-rehab_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rehab-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Redemption">Redemption</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruha&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Redemption"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In chapter 68 of the <a href="/wiki/Mandaean_Book_of_John" title="Mandaean Book of John">Mandaean Book of John</a>, Manda d-Hayyi retrieves Kanath-Niṭufta (translated by <a href="/wiki/Charles_G._H%C3%A4berl" title="Charles G. Häberl">Charles G. Häberl</a> and <a href="/wiki/James_F._McGrath" title="James F. McGrath">James F. McGrath</a> as "Droplet Steady") from the World of Darkness, who remains at the outer wall until summoned further under various epithets, including Marganita-Niṭufta (Droplet Pearl) and Simat-Hayyi-Niṭufta (Droplet Life's Treasure).<sup id="cite_ref-ddy_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ddy-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buckley notes that some of these names appear as epithets of Ruha in the illustrated <a href="/wiki/Diwan_Abatur" class="mw-redirect" title="Diwan Abatur">Diwan Abatur</a> (an observation which had been noticed, but dismissed as a confusion, by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Lidzbarski" title="Mark Lidzbarski">Mark Lidzbarski</a>), and that the names <a href="/wiki/Simat_Hayyi" title="Simat Hayyi">Simat Hayyi</a> (Life's Treasure) and Niṭufta (Drop), are names used for the consort of Hayyi Rabbi in the World of Light.<sup id="cite_ref-rehab_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rehab-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Buckley interprets a passage in the <a href="/wiki/Qulasta" title="Qulasta">Qulasta</a> referring to <a href="/wiki/Simat_Hayyi" title="Simat Hayyi">Simat Hayyi</a> coming forth from the World of Darkness and eventually being raised to the Place of Light as referring to Ruha, noting that <a href="/wiki/E._S._Drower" title="E. S. Drower">E. S. Drower</a> had interpreted it in reference to <a href="/wiki/Zahreil" title="Zahreil">Zahreil</a>, but arguing that Zahreil never left the World of Darkness. Buckley therefore argues that the Mandaean texts consider Ruha will eventually attain redemption, and merge with her <a href="/wiki/Dmutha" class="mw-redirect" title="Dmutha">dmutha</a> (ideal counterpart) in the World of Light.<sup id="cite_ref-rehab_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rehab-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revealer_of_gnosis">Revealer of gnosis</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruha&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Revealer of gnosis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Buckley notes that Ruha's insights while still in <a href="/wiki/Tibil" title="Tibil">Tibil</a> (Earth) reflect the insights of a Mandaean gnostic.<sup id="cite_ref-rehab_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rehab-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Book 6 (also known as the "Book of <a href="/wiki/Dinanukt" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinanukt">Dinanukt</a>") of the <i><a href="/wiki/Right_Ginza" title="Right Ginza">Right Ginza</a></i>, Ruha makes a speech similar to the Gnostic poem <i><a href="/wiki/The_Thunder,_Perfect_Mind" title="The Thunder, Perfect Mind">The Thunder, Perfect Mind</a></i>. Part of the speech is given as an excerpt below.<sup id="cite_ref-Buckley_2002_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley_2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote> <p>I am the Life that was from the beginning.<br /> I am the Truth (<i>kušṭa</i>) which existed even earlier in the beginning.<br /> I am radiance; I am light.<br /> I am death; I am life.<br /> I am darkness; I am light.<br /> I am error; I am truth.<br /> I am destruction; I am construction.<br /> I am light; I am error.<br /> I am blow; I am healing.<br /> I am the elevated man who is older and who was there before the builder of heaven and earth.<br /> I have no peers among kings, and there is as yet no crown in my kingdom.<br /> There is no human being who can give me a message in the foggy clouds of darkness.<br /> </p><p>– Translated by <a href="/wiki/Jorunn_Jacobsen_Buckley" title="Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley">Buckley</a> (2002)<sup id="cite_ref-Buckley_2002_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley_2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <a href="/wiki/Mark_Lidzbarski" title="Mark Lidzbarski">Lidzbarski</a> (1925), <i>Right Ginza</i> 6, p. 207, lines 34–42.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_the_spirit">As the spirit</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruha&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: As the spirit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Ruha</i> can also mean '<a href="/wiki/Spirit_(animating_force)" title="Spirit (animating force)">spirit</a>', which is roughly equivalent to <i><a href="/wiki/Pneuma" title="Pneuma">pneuma</a></i> or "breath" in Greek philosophy. It is distinct from the <i><a href="/wiki/Ni%C5%A1imta" class="mw-redirect" title="Nišimta">nišimta</a></i>, or incarnate <a href="/wiki/Soul" title="Soul">soul</a>. In Mandaeism, humans are considered to be made up of the physical body (<i>pagra</i>), soul (<i>nišimta</i>), and spirit (<i>ruha</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-Buckley_2002_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buckley_2002-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parallels">Parallels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruha&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Parallels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The story of Ruha in Mandaeism is one of the parallels to the <a href="/wiki/Gnostic" class="mw-redirect" title="Gnostic">Gnostic</a> story of <a href="/wiki/Sophia_(Gnosticism)" title="Sophia (Gnosticism)">Sophia</a> falling out of the <a href="/wiki/Pleroma" title="Pleroma">pleroma</a>. Ruha at first dwells in the <a href="/wiki/World_of_Light" title="World of Light">World of Light</a>, until she "falls" and bears her son <a href="/wiki/Ur_(Mandaeism)" title="Ur (Mandaeism)">Ur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-GB_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 532">: 532 </span></sup> However, the conflict arising from seeking to create without the consent of the supreme deity is attributed to <a href="/wiki/Yushamin" title="Yushamin">Yushamin</a>, the Second Life, and the origin of the demiurgic (<a href="/wiki/Ptahil" title="Ptahil">Ptahil</a>) is attributed to <a href="/wiki/Abatur" title="Abatur">Abatur</a>, the Third Life.<sup id="cite_ref-Aldihisi_2008_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aldihisi_2008-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruha&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Krun" title="Krun">Krun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holy_Spirit" title="Holy Spirit">Holy Spirit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C5%AB%E1%B8%A5" title="Rūḥ">Rūḥ</a> (Arabic cognate)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishimta" title="Nishimta">Nishimta</a>, the soul in Mandaeism</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruha&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-RuhIslam-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RuhIslam_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Esposito, John L. 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main texts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ginza_Rabba" title="Ginza Rabba">Ginza Rabba</a></i> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Right_Ginza" title="Right Ginza">Right Ginza</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Left_Ginza" title="Left Ginza">Left Ginza</a></i></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_Book_of_John" title="Mandaean Book of John">Mandaean Book of John</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Prayers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Qulasta_(list)50" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i><a href="/wiki/Qulasta" title="Qulasta">Qulasta</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Qulasta_prayers" title="List of Qulasta prayers">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Sidra_d-Nishmata" title="Sidra d-Nishmata">Sidra d-Nishmata</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rushuma" title="Rushuma">Rushuma</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Asut_Malkia" title="Asut Malkia">Asut Malkia</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eniana" title="Eniana">Eniana</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rahma_(Mandaeism)" title="Rahma (Mandaeism)">Rahma</a></li></ul></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tabahatan" title="Tabahatan">Tabahatan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shumhata" title="Shumhata">Shumhata</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Priestly texts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thousand_and_Twelve_Questions" title="The Thousand and Twelve Questions">The Thousand and Twelve Questions</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_Exalted_Kingship" title="Scroll of Exalted Kingship">Scroll of Exalted Kingship</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Coronation_of_the_Great_Shishlam" title="The Coronation of the Great Shishlam">The Coronation of the Great Shishlam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wedding_of_the_Great_Shishlam" title="The Wedding of the Great Shishlam">The Wedding of the Great Shishlam</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alma_Ri%C5%A1aia_Rba" title="Alma Rišaia Rba">Alma Rišaia Rba</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alma_Ri%C5%A1aia_Zu%E1%B9%ADa" title="Alma Rišaia Zuṭa">Alma Rišaia Zuṭa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Zihrun_Raza_Kasia" title="Zihrun Raza Kasia">Zihrun Raza Kasia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_the_Parwanaya" title="Scroll of the Parwanaya">Scroll of the Parwanaya</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_the_Great_Baptism" title="Scroll of the Great Baptism">Scroll of the Great Baptism</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_the_Ancestors" title="Scroll of the Ancestors">Scroll of the Ancestors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Baptism_of_Hibil_Ziwa" title="The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa">The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_Abatur" title="Scroll of Abatur">Scroll of Abatur</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dmut_Ku%C5%A1%E1%B9%ADa" title="Dmut Kušṭa">Dmut Kušṭa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Secrets_of_the_Ancestors" title="Secrets of the Ancestors">Secrets of the Ancestors</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scroll_of_the_Rivers" title="Scroll of the Rivers">Scroll of the Rivers</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Zodiac" title="Book of the Zodiac">Book of the Zodiac</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Historical texts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Haran_Gawaita" title="Haran Gawaita">Haran Gawaita</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Apotropaic_magic" title="Apotropaic magic">Apotropaic</a> texts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Incantation_bowl" title="Incantation bowl">Incantation bowls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandaic_lead_rolls" title="Mandaic lead rolls">Lead rolls</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pi%C5%A1ra_d-Ainia" title="Pišra d-Ainia">Pišra d-Ainia</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_cosmology" title="Mandaean cosmology">Cosmology</a></th><td 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Ruha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ur_(Mandaeism)" title="Ur (Mandaeism)">Ur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krun" title="Krun">Krun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaf_(Mandaeism)" title="Gaf (Mandaeism)">Gaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qin_(Mandaeism)" title="Qin (Mandaeism)">Qin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anathan" title="Anathan">Anathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shdum" title="Shdum">Shdum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giu_(Mandaeism)" title="Giu (Mandaeism)">Giu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hag_and_Mag" title="Hag and Mag">Hag and Mag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zartai-Zartanai" title="Zartai-Zartanai">Zartai-Zartanai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zahreil" title="Zahreil">Zahreil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mandaean_cosmology#Planets" title="Mandaean 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symbols</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Drabsha" title="Drabsha">Drabsha</a> (banner)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Misha_(Mandaeism)" title="Misha (Mandaeism)">Misha</a> (oil)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riha_(Mandaeism)" title="Riha (Mandaeism)">Riha</a> (incense)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skandola" title="Skandola">Skandola</a> (talisman seal)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ritual food and drink</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Drinks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mambuha" title="Mambuha">Mambuha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halalta" title="Halalta">Halalta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamra_(Mandaeism)" title="Hamra (Mandaeism)">Hamra</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Foods</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pihta" title="Pihta">Pihta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fatira" title="Fatira">Fatira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sa_(Mandaeism)" title="Sa (Mandaeism)">Sa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Meals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dukrana" title="Dukrana">Dukrana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lofani" title="Lofani">Lofani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zidqa_brikha" title="Zidqa brikha">Zidqa brikha</a></li></ul> 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