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| name         = Gaf
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In [[Unsolved:Mandaeism|Mandaeism]], '''Gaf''' or '''Gap''' ({{lang-myz|ࡂࡀࡐ}}) is the male consort of [[Religion:Ruha|Ruha]], the queen of the World of Darkness (''alma ḏ-hšuka'') or [[Unsolved:Underworld|underworld]]. His son is Ur, king ({{transl|myz|malka}}) of the World of Darkness.<ref name="Buckley 2002">{{cite book|last=Buckley|first=Jorunn Jacobsen|title=The Mandaeans: ancient texts and modern people|publisher=Oxford University Press|publication-place=New York|year=2002|isbn=0-19-515385-5|oclc=65198443}}</ref> He is mentioned in book 5 of the ''[[Religion:Ginza Rabba|Ginza Rabba]]''. Gaf is typically portrayed as a giant.<ref name="Aldihisi 2008">{{cite thesis|url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1444088/|last=Aldihisi|first=Sabah|year=2008|title=The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba|type=PhD|publisher=University College London}}</ref>

In Book 5, Chapter 1 of the ''[[Religion:Right Ginza|Right Ginza]]'' (also known as the "Book of the Underworld"), Gaf and Gafan (Gap and Gapan) are mentioned as a pair of demons.<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> Gafan is a female demon paired with Gaf.

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