Editing Abaddon (section)

==Mandaeism==
[[Mandaean scriptures]] such as the ''[[Ginza Rabba]]'' mention the Abaddons ({{langx|myz|ʿbdunia}}) as part of the [[World of Darkness (Mandaeism)|World of Darkness]]. The ''[[Right Ginza]]'' mentions the existence of the "upper Abaddons" ({{Transliteration|myz|ʿbdunia ʿlaiia}}) as well as the "lower Abaddons" ({{Transliteration|myz|ʿbdunia titaiia}}). The final poem of the ''[[Left Ginza]]'' mentions the "House of the Abaddons" ({{Transliteration|myz|bit ʿbdunia}}).<ref name="GR Gelbert">{{cite book |url=https://livingwaterbooks.com.au/product/ginza-rba/ |last1=Gelbert |first1=Carlos |title=Ginza Rba |year=2011 |publisher=Living Water Books |location=Sydney |isbn=9780958034630}}</ref>

[[Charles G. Häberl|Häberl]] (2022) considers the [[Mandaic language|Mandaic]] word 
''ʿbdunia'' to be a borrowing from Hebrew.<ref name="Häberl 2022">{{cite book | last=Häberl | first=Charles | url=https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781800856271 | title=The Book of Kings and the Explanations of This World: A Universal History from the Late Sasanian Empire | location=Liverpool | publisher=Liverpool University Press | date=2022 | isbn=978-1-80085-627-1 | page=214| doi=10.3828/9781800856271 | doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 }}</ref>