Qin (Mandaeism)

{{Short description|Demon in Mandaeism}}

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| name = Qin

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| other_names = Sumqaq

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| abode = World of Darkness

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| consort = Anathan

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| offspring = Ruha, Zahreil

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{{Mandaeism}}

In Mandaeism, Qin ({{langx|myz|ࡒࡉࡍ}}) is the mother of Ruha and Zahreil, and grandmother of Ur in the World of Darkness (alma ḏ-hšuka) or underworld. In Mandaean texts, she is frequently mentioned as the "queen of darkness." One of her epithets is Sumqaq ({{langx|myz|ࡎࡅࡌࡒࡀࡒ}}), which also refers to a well of polluted water in the World of Darkness. Her husband is the demon Anathan.{{cite book |url=https://www.amazon.de/Ginza-Rabba-English-Translation-Drabsha/dp/B00A3GO458|last1=Al-Saadi |first1=Qais Mughashghash |last2=Al-Saadi |first2=Hamed Mughashghash |chapter=Glossary |title=Ginza Rabba: The Great Treasure. An equivalent translation of the Mandaean Holy Book |year=2019 |edition=2 |publisher=Drabsha}}

In Book 5 of the Right Ginza, Qin gives her daughter Zahreil for Hibil Ziwa to marry.{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn Jacobsen|title=The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people|publisher=Oxford University Press|publication-place=New York|year=2002|isbn=0-19-515385-5|oclc=65198443}}