Margna

The margna (Classical Mandaic: ࡌࡀࡓࡂࡍࡀ) is a ritual olive wooden staff carried by Mandaean priests. A Mandaean priest always carries his margna during baptismal (masbuta) rituals.[1]

For the mountain in Switzerland, see Piz da la Margna.
Margna
A Mandaean novice or šualia ࡔࡅࡀࡋࡉࡀ holding a margna in Baghdad, Iraq in 2008
Typestaff
Materialwood (typically olive)
Place of originsouthern Iraq and southwestern Iran

According to the Right Ginza, the margna (staff) of Living Water (Mia Hayya) is one of the weapons of Manda d-Hayyi.[2]

In the Qolasta

During priestly rituals, a klila (myrtle wreath) is placed on the margna.[1] In the Qolasta, Prayer 79 is a prayer for the klila placed on the margna.[3]

Prayer 14 in the Qolasta is dedicated to the margna.[3] The prayer describes the margna as being covered in radiance (ziwa) and light (nhura).[1]

See also

References
  1. Buckley, Jorunn Jacobsen (2002). The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people (PDF). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515385-5. OCLC 65198443.
  2. Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London.
  3. Drower, E. S. (1959). Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E.J. Brill.
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