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Mesopotamian mythology
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It is also known as hapiqia mia or hafiqia mia (
Classical Mandaic: ࡄࡐࡉࡒࡉࡀ ࡌࡉࡀ), which means "streams/springs of water" or "outflowing water." The water is fresh, and is located in a realm that is situated between Abatur's and Yushamin's realms.[3]
In Mandaean scriptures
The Scroll of Abatur has many illustrations of boats ferrying souls across this river.[3]
According to the
In chapters 36, 51, and 55 of the Mandaean Book of John, the river Kšaš is the river that the souls of the dead must cross in order to reach the World of Light.[5]
See also
- Shahrat
- Piriawis
- Hubur in Mesopotamian mythology
- Styx in Greek mythology
- Gjöll in Norse mythology
- Vaitarna River (mythological)in Hinduism
- Yomotsu Hirasaka in Shinto cosmology
- Sanzu River in Japanese Buddhist mythology
- Kalunga linein Kongo mythology
- Liminality
References
- ^ Al-Saadi, Qais Mughashghash; Al-Saadi, Hamed Mughashghash (2012). Ginza Rabba: The Great Treasure. An equivalent translation of the Mandaean Holy Book. Drabsha.
- ISBN 9780958034630.
- ^ a b Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London.
- ^ Drower, Ethel S. (1960). The Thousand and Twelve Questions: A Mandaean Text (Alf Trisar Šuialia). Berlin: Akademie Verlag.
- OCLC 1129155601.