Who is the Living Spirit? مقاله

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Keywords Manichaeism, Manichaean texts, myth, cosmology, cosmogony, eschatology (*)Date of article receipt: 2831/2/22 Date of final acceptance: 2831/6/51 Author's email address:- 1-Introduction To introduce the "Living Spirit," the Manichaean deity, a brief introduction to the Manichaean religion and the myth of creation and the end of the world from the perspective of this religion is inevitable. After this introduction, the role of the Living Spirit in creation or cosmogony and the understanding of the end of the world will be clarified by examining the ancient texts remaining from the Manichaean religion. By examining Mani's myth, we become familiar with how cosmogony and the end of the world occur from the Manichaean perspective and realize what role the Living Spirit plays in creation and the end of the world. That is, when the Manichaeans translated the "Living Spirit" in Middle Persian texts as Mihryazd, they did not only refer to the warrior personality of the Zoroastrian Izad Mehr, the possessor of vast heavens, or to his role as a part of the sun or the human embodiment of the sun, but they also took into account the eschatological victories of this deity, such as his triumph over demonic forces in the final battle (Zonderman 8791: pp. 3- The Living Spirit is one of the deities of the second creation and is one of the children of the "Great Father," who plays a significant role in Manichaean creation myths.