entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_MAN_ABATHUR,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,Abathur (the judge who weighs souls) is mentioned in the Book of John's afterlife passages; his role at the scales of judgment is a key Mandaean eschatological concept documented across the primary texts
ENT_MAN_ANOSH,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,Anosh (Enosh; the immortal one) appears in the Book of John as a Light World being; the Mandaean reception of the biblical Enosh (son of Seth) as a primordial divine figure
ENT_MAN_HAYYI_RABBI,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,The Book of John addresses Hayyi Rabbi (the Great Life) as the supreme deity throughout; the liturgical hymns in the text are addressed to the Great Life and document his relationship to the lower Light World beings; essential complement to the Ginza Rba's theological account
ENT_MAN_HIBIL_ZIWA,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,Hibil Ziwa (Radiant Abel) appears in the Book of John in his role as the Light World savior who descends into the underworld; the Descent of Hibil Ziwa narrative is a major Mandaean cosmological text partially preserved in the Book of John alongside the Ginza Rba
ENT_MAN_JOHN_BAPTIST,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,"The Book of John (Draşa d-Yahya = ""Teaching of John"") is named for and centrally concerned with John the Baptist as a Mandaean prophet; it contains dialogues, hymns, and narratives in which John receives divine knowledge and instructs the Mandaean community; the primary Mandaean text for the John tradition"
ENT_MAN_JORDAN,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,The Jordan (Yardna) as the ritual river of baptism is central to the Book of John; John the Baptist's role as the master of baptism (maşbuta) in living water is the theological heart of the text; the celestial Jordan as the archetypal river of life
ENT_MAN_MANA_RABBA,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,Mana Rabba (the Great Mind/Vessel) is documented in the Book of John as the transcendent container of divine light; the concept of the divine vessel (mana) that contains and preserves the light particles is central to Mandaean theology
ENT_MAN_MANDA_D_HAYYI,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,"Manda d-Hayyi (Knowledge of Life) features centrally in the Book of John as the revealer who descends to the earthly world and interacts with John the Baptist; the ""knowledge of life"" as a redeemer figure who brings gnosis from the Light World"
ENT_MAN_MELKA_D_NHURA,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,Melka d-Nhura (King of Light) is documented in the Book of John as a Light World sovereign; his relationship to the Great Life and to the material world is part of the Mandaean celestial hierarchy
ENT_MAN_PLANETS,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,The Seven Planets (as planetary archons and children of Ruha) are documented in the Book of John's cosmological passages; their role as adversarial cosmic rulers who imprison souls in the material world is part of the Mandaean astrological mythology
ENT_MAN_PTAHIL,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,Ptahil (the Mandaean demiurge-creator) appears in the Book of John's creation narratives; his role as the imperfect world-maker sent from the Light World but who produces a flawed material creation
ENT_MAN_RUHA,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,Ruha (Spirit/Breath) as the adversarial female figure appears in the Book of John's cosmological passages; her role as the mother of the Seven Planets (planetary archons) and as the adversary of the Light World beings is documented here
ENT_MAN_SITIL,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,Sitil (Seth) appears in the Book of John as a primordial patriarch/light being; the Mandaean reception of the biblical Seth as a divine or semi-divine ancestor figure
ENT_MAN_UR,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,Ur (the chthonic monster/dragon of darkness) appears in the Book of John's cosmological passages; the primordial darkness that Ptahil encounters and partially defeats in creating the world
ENT_MAN_YUSHAMIN,SRC_MANDAEAN_BOOK_JOHN,direct attestation,Yushamin appears in the Book of John as a demiurgic/lightworld being; one of the uthra (angels) of the Light World whose actions are narrated in Mandaean cosmological texts