In Mandaean cosmology Amamit appears as one of the planetary powers in the entourage of Ruha who inhabit the World of Darkness. A Haran Gawaitha passage names a figure called "Mamit daughter of Qin" and assigns to her a portion in the narrative of the final age; the same textual complex links the Mandaic Libat (the planet Venus) with the name Amamit (sources: Haran Gawaitha / Gnostic Society Library; Mandaean summaries equating Libat and Amamit). Secondary scholarship has proposed that Mesopotamian theonyms such as Mamitu may be a possible antecedent to the Mandaean name, but this is presented as a tentative suggestion rather than a confirmed derivation.
The supplied Mandaean textual sources and summaries identify Amamit by name and by planetary epithet (Libat/Ishtar) but do not provide any sustained physical or iconographic description. Epithets and genealogical attributions (e.g., daughter of Qin) are attested in ritual-historical texts, yet no morphological or visual details are recorded in the cited materials.
Sources describe Amamit as one of the seven planetary powers associated with Ruha in the World of Darkness and explicitly identify her with the planet Venus (Libat/Ishtar), indicating a role as an astral/planetary agent within Mandaean negative cosmology (Source: Wikipedia: Amamit / Libat; Ruha article summary). A passage in Haran Gawaitha assigns to "Mamit daughter of Qin" an eschatological portion in the latter end of the age and the final end of the world, linking Amamit to apocalyptic/decadent functions (Source: Haran Gawaitha / Gnostic Society Library). The provided materials do not specify concrete mechanisms, symptomatic effects on humans, possession rites, or detailed acts attributed to Amamit.
*Perkʷūnos
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*Péh₂usōn (reconstructed)
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57 Mnemosyne
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Abaddon
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Aban Yasht
The Aban Yasht is a hymn from the Persian tradition that praises Anahita, a goddess associated with water, fertility, and wisdom. It consists of 132 stanzas and is part of the 21 Yashts collection. (Note: - Power tier should be "Primordial" or possibly "Cosmic", given that it's a hymn of great spiritual significance and associated with a goddess. - The article incorrectly states that Anahita is associa)
Abath
No corroborated folkloric entity named "Abath" is documented in the provided sources. The string appears in the supplied material only as a surname/personal name in Aruban/Dutch-Caribbean archival records and as an unrelated taxonomic or encyclopedic hit; no mythic attributes, origin stories, rituals, or apotropaic practices for an entity called Abath are present in the documents reviewed.
Abatur
Abatur is an uthra (celestial emanation) in Mandaeism described as the 'father of the Uthras' and called the Ancient (ʿattīqā). He resides on the boundary between the World of Light and lower regions, functions as a judge who weighs souls (Abatur Muzania), and supplies instructions and materials to the demiurgic uthra Ptahil in accounts from the Diwan (Scroll) of Abatur.
Abatwa (Twa / Batwa)
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Abellio
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Abraham
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Abraun
Abraun is an attested name in German-language plant-legend scholarship (Der abraun, ein beitrag zur pflanzensagenkunde, 1916) and a short database entry (Wikidata) labels it as a spirit from German mythology. Surviving accessible documentation is extremely limited: the principal academic treatment is a 1916 contribution to pflanzensagenkunde (plant-saga studies), but the excerpts available here contain only bibliographic metadata and do not record tales, descriptions, or rituals.
Abtin
Abtin (Persian: آبتین), attested also as Athwya, is a mythic ancestral figure in Iranian tradition described in Avestan and later epic literature as one of a small set of formative human-like figures involved in preparing the corporeal world and as the father of the epic hero-king Fereydun in the Shahnama.
Community Record
- [1]Libat (Amamit) — Wikipedia: Amamit. "Libat is the Mandaic name for the planet Venus. Libat is one of the seven planets, who are part of the entourage of Ruha in the World of Darkness."wiki
- [2]Ruha — Wikipedia (summary referencing libat/Amamit). "d-Libat stra Amamit. Libat Ishtar Amamit. i.e. Venus." (summary noting the epithet linking Libat/Ishtar and Amamit)wiki
- [3]The Haran Gawaitha — Mandaean Scriptures (Gnostic Society Library). "Thus the latter end of the age and the decadence and final end of the world is given to Mamit daughter of Qin, the mother of the Seven, what, occupied seven portions, and the eighth was given to Amamit as hers, for her own."other
- [4]Mamitu — Wikipedia (on possible antecedent). "It is possible that she was a forerunner of the Mandean Amamit. Multiple variants of the theonym Mamitu are attested in cuneiform texts..." (presented as a scholarly suggestion)wiki