Manichaeism

==== The second creation ====
* ''The Friend of the Lights'' ({{lang-syr|ܚܒܝܒ ܢܗܝܖܐ}} ''ḥaviv nehirē''; {{zh|c=樂明佛|l=Enjoyer of Lights}}){{sfnp|Ma|Wang|2018}} Calls to:
* ''The Great Builder'' ({{lang-syr|ܒܢ ܖܒܐ}} ''ban rabbā''; {{zh|c=造相|l=Creator of Forms}}) In charge of creating the new world that will separate the darkness from the light. He calls to:
* ''The Living Spirit'' ({{lang-syr|ܪܘܚܐ ܚܝܐ}} ''ruḥā ḥayyā''; {{lang-pal|[[Mithra|Mihryazd]]}}; {{zh|c=淨活風|p=Jìnghuófēng}}; {{lang-la|Spiritus Vivens}}; {{lang-gr|Ζων Πνευμα}}). Acts as a [[demiurge]], creating the structure of the material world.
** ''His five Sons'' ({{lang-syr|ܚܡܫܐ ܒܢܘܗܝ}} ''ḥamšā benawhy''; {{zh|c=五等驍健子|l=Five Valiant Sons}})
*** ''The Keeper of the Splendour'' ({{lang-syr|ܨܦܬ ܙܝܘܐ}} ''ṣfat ziwā''; {{lang-la|Splenditenens}}; {{zh|c=催光明使|l=Urger of Enlightenment}}). Holds up the ten heavens from above.
*** ''The King of Glory'' ({{lang-syr|ܡܠܟ ܫܘܒܚܐ}} ''mlex šuvḥā''; {{lang-la|Rex Gloriosus}}; {{zh|c=地藏}} ''[[Kṣitigarbha|Dìzàng]]'' "Earth Treasury", a Chinese [[bodhisattva]]).
*** ''The Adamas of Light'' ({{lang-syr|ܐܕܡܘܣ ܢܘܗܪܐ}} ''adamus nuhrā''; {{lang-la|Adamas}}; {{zh|c=降魔使|p=Jiàngmó shǐ}}). Fights with and overcomes an evil being in the image of the King of Darkness.
*** ''The Great King of Honour'' ({{lang-syr|ܡܠܟܐ ܪܒܐ ܕܐܝܩܪܐ}} ''malkā rabbā dikkārā''; [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] {{lang-arc|מלכא רבא דאיקרא}} ''malka raba de-ikara''; {{lang-la|Rex Honoris}}; {{zh|c=十天大王|p=Shítiān Dàwáng|l=Ten Heavens Great King}}). A being that plays a central role in [[The Book of Enoch]] (originally written in Aramaic), as well as Mani's Syriac version of it, the [[Book of Giants]]. Sits in the [[Seven Heavens|seventh heaven]] of the ten heavens (corresponding to the [[celestial spheres]], the first seven of which house the [[classical planets]]) and guards the entrance to the world of light.
*** ''Atlas'' ({{lang-syr|ܣܒܠܐ}} ''sebblā''; {{lang-la|[[Atlas (mythology)|Atlas]]}}; {{zh|c=持世主|p=Chíshìzhǔ}}). Supports the eight worlds from below.
** His sixth Son, the ''Call-God'' ({{lang-syr|ܩܪܝܐ}} ''qaryā''; {{lang-pal|[[Xroshtag and Padvaxtag|Padvaxtag]]}}; {{zh|c=觀音}} ''[[Guanyin]]'' "watching/perceiving sounds [of the world]", the Chinese Bodhisattva of Compassion). Sent from the Living Spirit to awaken the First Man from his battle with the forces of darkness.