Yawar Ziwa


In Mandaeism, Yawar Ziwa is an uthra 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", 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, 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:

''Šum Yawar Ziwa''

The Šum Yawar Ziwa is a sacred gold ring worn by Mandaean priests.