Zartai-Zartanai

Lesserfolk-consensusMandaeismMesopotamia (Mandaean community regions)

Zartai-Zartanai is a demonous denizen of the World of Darkness in Mandaean cosmology, encountered during Hibil Ziwa's descent in the Right Ginza. The entity is named in Classical Mandaic and is reported in secondary reference sources as an underworld adversary whose spouse is given as Amamit (an epithet of Libat/Venus).

Origin

Zartai-Zartanai appears within Mandaean cosmological narrative as a being of the World of Darkness (Classical Mandaic: alma ḏ-hšuka). The textual occurrence recorded in the Right Ginza places the entity among underworld inhabitants encountered by the light-being Hibil Ziwa during his descent in Book 5, Chapter 1.

Appearance

No descriptive attributes or physical appearance are provided in the supplied sources.

Abilities

Sources identify Zartai-Zartanai only as a denizen of the World of Darkness encountered during Hibil Ziwa's descent; no specific powers, abilities, or habitual behaviors are described in the available material.

Community Record

Sources
  1. [1]
    Zartai-Zartanai. Wikipedia: 'Zartai-Zartanai' (accessed via provided research notes)wiki
  2. [2]
    Wikidata item for Zartai-Zartanai. Wikidata entry Q110324133 (referenced in research notes)other
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