Simat Hayyi


In Mandaeism, Simat Hayyi or Simat Hiia, the feminine personification of life, is an uthra from the World of Light who is married to Yawar Ziwa.
The name Simat Hayyi, along with the name Niṭufta, are names used for the consort of Yawar Ziwa or the Great Mana in the World of Light.
Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley interprets a passage in the Qulasta referring to Simat Hayyi coming forth from the World of Darkness and eventually being raised to the Place of Light as referring to Ruha, noting that E. S. Drower had interpreted it in reference to Zahreil, 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 dmuta in the World of Light.
Chapters 57–59 of the Mandaean Book of John are dedicated to Simat Hayyi.