Kingdom of Darkness

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The Kingdom of Darkness in Manichaeism is the primordial realm of evil and chaos that eternally opposes the divine realm of light.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kingdom of Darkness canonical 4

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Manichaean cosmological realm
mythological realm
religious concept
associatedWith archons
demons
ignorance
matter
suffering
contrastedWith goodness of the Father of Greatness
purity of light
cosmicBoundary separated from the Realm of Light
cosmicDualism part of Manichaean dualism of light and darkness
cosmicEvent invaded the Realm of Light in Manichaean myth
cosmicFunction opponent of salvation
source of corruption of light
source of evil
cosmologicalRole antagonistic realm
primordial realm of evil
realm of chaos
describedIn Coptic Manichaean texts
Manichaean canon
surface form: Manichaean scriptures

Middle Persian Manichaean texts
eschatologicalFate to be ultimately separated from light
eternallyOpposedTo Kingdom of Light
divine realm of light
influencedBy Iranian dualistic traditions
Zoroastrian concepts of darkness and evil
inhabitedBy demonic beings
hostile powers
languageName Middle Persian: ahremanīgān dēh (realm of Ahriman) (approximate identification)
Syriac: ḥšokā (darkness)
moralAlignment chaos
evil
opposes Kingdom of Light
Kingdom of Light
surface form: Realm of Light
positionInCosmos preexistent realm
primordial realm
relatedConcept Angra Mainyu
surface form: Ahriman

hell
religion Manichaeism NERFINISHED
resultOfConflict mixture of light and darkness in the material world
ruledBy King of Darkness ONDG
the Prince of Darkness
surface form: Prince of Darkness
studiedIn Manichaean studies
history of religions
symbolizes bondage to matter
spiritual blindness
temporalStatus eternal
worldviewContext gnostic-type dualism

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manichaeism hasConcept Kingdom of Darkness
Kingdom of Light opposedTo Kingdom of Darkness
Kingdom of Light separatedFrom Kingdom of Darkness
Kingdom of Light dualisticRelation Kingdom of Darkness