Manichaeism

==== The first creation ====
* ''The Mother of Life'' ({{lang-syr|ܐܡܐ ܕܚܝܐ}} ''imā dəḥayyē''; {{lang-pal|mʾdrʾy zyndgʾn}}; {{zh|c=善母佛|l=Good Mother Buddha}})
* ''The First Man'' ({{lang-syr|ܐܢܫܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ}} ''Nāšā Qaḏmāyā''; {{lang-pal|[[Ahura Mazda|Ohrmazd Bay]]}}, the Zoroastrian god of light and goodness; Latin: ''Primus Homo'')
** ''First Enthymesis'' ({{lang-pal|hndyšyšn nxwysṯyn}}; {{zh|c=先意|l=First Understanding}})
** ''His five Sons'' (the five Light Elements; {{lang-xpr|panj rōšn}}; {{lang-pal|[[Amesha Spenta|Amahrāspandān]]}}; {{zh|c=五明子}}){{sfnp|Ma|Wang|2018}}
*** ''Ether'' ({{lang-xpr|ardāw}}; {{lang-pal|frâwahr}}; {{zh|c=氣}})
*** ''Wind'' (Parthian and {{lang-pal|wād}}; {{zh|c=風}})
*** ''Light'' (Parthian and {{lang-pal|rōšn}}; {{zh|c=明}})
*** ''Water'' (Parthian and {{lang-pal|āb}}; {{zh|c=水}})
*** ''Fire'' (Parthian and {{lang-pal|ādur}}; {{zh|c=火}})
** His sixth Son, the ''Answer-God'' ({{lang-syr|ܥܢܝܐ}} ''{{okina}}anyā''; Parthian and {{lang-pal|[[Xroshtag and Padvaxtag|xroshtag]]}}; {{zh|c=勢至}} ''[[Mahasthamaprapta|Shì Zhì]]'' "The Power of Wisdom", a Chinese [[bodhisattva]]). The answer sent by the ''First Man'' to the ''Call'' from the World of Light.
* ''The Living Self'' (Parthian and {{lang-pal|grīw zīndag}}, {{lang|pal|grīw rōšn}}; {{zh|c=明性|l=Light Nature}}) The ''[[Anima mundi#Manichaeism|anima mundi]]'' made up of the five Light Elements, identical with the [[Suffering Jesus]] who is crucified in the world.