Etinṣib Ziwa

Etinṣib Ziwa is attested in the Mandaean Book of John (Chapter 3) as an uthra who appears in a martial episode of the text. The chapter names Bihrath-Anana as his mother, placing him briefly within the narrative's divine familial framework. Beyond this chapter the supplied sources do not provide a broader origin narrative.

The supplied sources identify Etinṣib Ziwa only by classification as an uthra, a 'divine messenger of the light.' No physical description, iconography, coloration, or size is provided in the quoted material; the identification as an uthra is the sole descriptive marker attested in the sources provided.

In Chapter 3 of the Mandaean Book of John Etinṣib Ziwa initiates combat against Nbaṭ: he attempts to strike Nbaṭ three times with a sword (the attempts are unsuccessful) and then shoots arrows at Gubran. Gubran catches the first three arrows with his right hand, but on the fourth arrow Etinṣib Ziwa wounds the forelimb of Paraheil, Gubran's heavenly steed. That wound precipitates an escalation in the narrative, leading to an all-out war in which Yawar, Bihram, and Yukabar slaughter the sons of Yushamin. These episodes portray Etinṣib Ziwa as an armed combatant whose actions have consequential effects within the story.