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{{For|the Manichaean World of Darkness|Manichaeism#The World of Darkness}}
In [[Mandaeism]], the '''World of Darkness''' ({{lang-myz|[[wikt:ࡀࡋࡌࡀ ࡖࡄࡔࡅࡊࡀ|ࡀࡋࡌࡀ ࡖࡄࡔࡅࡊࡀ]]}}, {{Transl|myz|alma d-hšuka}}) is the [[underworld]] located below [[Tibil]] (Earth). It is ruled by its king [[Ur (Mandaeism)|Ur]] ([[Leviathan]]) and its queen [[Ruha]], mother of the [[seven planets]] and [[zodiac|twelve constellations]]. The great dark [[Ocean of Sup]] (or Suf) lies in the World of Darkness.<ref name="Aldihisi 2008">{{cite thesis|url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1444088/|last=Aldihisi|first=Sabah|year=2008|title=The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba|type=PhD|publisher=University College London}}</ref> The great dividing river of [[Hitpun]], analogous to the river [[Styx]] in [[Greek mythology]], separates the World of Darkness from the [[World of Light]].<ref name="GR Saadi"/>
The World of Darkness is sometimes referred to as [[Sheol]] in the ''[[Ginza Rabba]]'' and other [[Mandaean scriptures]].
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