| Type: | Mandaean |
| Sam Ziwa | |
| Associate: | --> |
| Cult Centre: | --> |
| Abode: | World of Light |
| World: | --> |
| Weapons: | --> |
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| Equivalent1 Type: | Jewish |
| Equivalent1: | Shem |
In Mandaeism, Sam Ziwa (ࡎࡀࡌ ࡆࡉࡅࡀ) is an uthra (angel or guardian) from the World of Light. Sam Ziwa is considered to be the Mandaean equivalent of Shem.[1] [2]
Sam is also a Mandaean masculine given name (see for example Abdullah bar Sam).[3]
Sam Ziwa may be identified with Sam Mana Smira (Smir Ziwa 'pure first Radiance', or Sam Smir Ziwa; Smir means 'preserved'), an uthra is mentioned in Qulasta prayers 9, 14, 28, 77, and 171, and Right Ginza 3 and 5.4.[4] Yawar Mana Smira and Sam Smira Ziwa are mentioned in Right Ginza 14.[2] Lidzbarski (1920) translates Sam Mana Smira as "Sām, the well-preserved Mānā."[5]