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== Mandaeism == {{Main|World of Darkness (Mandaeism)}} {{See also|Mandaeism|Ruha}} In [[Mandaean mythology]], [[Ruha]] fell apart from the [[World of Light]] and became the queen of the [[World of Darkness (Mandaeism)|World of Darkness]], also referred to as [[Sheol]].<ref name="GR Saadi">{{cite book |url=https://www.amazon.de/Ginza-Rabba-English-Translation-Drabsha/dp/B00A3GO458|last1=Al-Saadi |first1=Qais Mughashghash |last2=Al-Saadi |first2=Hamed Mughashghash |chapter=Glossary |title=Ginza Rabba: The Great Treasure. An equivalent translation of the Mandaean Holy Book |year=2019 |edition=2 |publisher=Drabsha}}</ref><ref name="Aldihisi 2008">{{cite thesis|url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1444088/|last=Aldihisi|first=Sabah|year=2008|title=The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba|type=PhD|publisher=University College London}}</ref><ref name="Buckley 2002">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn Jacobsen|title=The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people|publisher=Oxford University Press|publication-place=New York|year=2002|isbn=0-19-515385-5|oclc=65198443}}</ref> She is considered evil and a liar, sorcerer and seductress.<ref name = GB>Deutsch, Nathniel (2003). Mandaean Literature. In {{cite book|last1=Barnstone|first1=Willis|last2=Meyer|first2=Marvin|title=The Gnostic Bible|year=2003|publisher=Shambhala|location=Boston & London}}</ref>{{rp|541}}She gives birth to [[Ur (Mandaeism)|Ur]], also referred to as [[Leviathan]]. He is portrayed as a large, ferocious dragon or snake and is considered the king of the World of Darkness.<ref name="Aldihisi 2008"/> Together they rule the [[underworld]] and create the [[Classical planet|seven planets]] and [[Zodiac|twelve zodiac constellations]].<ref name="Aldihisi 2008"/> Also found in the underworld is [[Krun]], the greatest of the five Mandaean Lords of the underworld. He dwells in the lowest depths of creation and his epithet is the 'mountain of flesh'.<ref name="Drower">{{cite book |last = Drower|first = E.S.|title = The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran|publisher = Oxford University Press|date = 1937|location = Oxford}}</ref>{{rp|251}} Prominent infernal beings found in the World of Darkness include ''[[lilith]]'', ''nalai'' ([[vampire]]), ''niuli'' ([[hobgoblin]]), ''latabi'' (devil), ''gadalta'' ([[ghost]]), ''satani'' ([[Satan]]) and various other demons and evil spirits.<ref name="Aldihisi 2008"/><ref name="GR Saadi"/>
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