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Yaldabaoth, otherwise known as Jaldabaoth or Ialdabaoth [a] (/ ˌ j ɑː l d ə ˈ b eɪ ɒ θ /; Koinē Greek: Ιαλδαβαώθ, romanized: Ialdabaóth; Latin: Ialdabaoth; [1] Coptic: ⲒⲀⲖⲦⲀⲂⲀⲰⲐ Ialtabaôth), is a malevolent God and demiurge (creator of the material world) according to various Gnostic sects, represented sometimes as a theriomorphic, lion-headed serpent.
In the Apocryphon of John, the demiurge Yaldabaoth, who is also known by the names Sakla and Samael, creates the "twelve authorities", who are: [19] Athoth (the reaper) Harmas (the jealous eye) Kalila-Oumbri; Yabel; Adonaios ; Cain (the sun) Abel; Abrisene; Yobel; Armoupieel; Melcheir-Adonein; Belias (ruler over the depth of the underworld)
But Yaldabaoth, the Demiurge, with the material world, will be cast into the lower depths. [31] Yaldabaoth is frequently called "the Lion-faced", leontoeides, and is said to have the body of a serpent. The demiurge is also [32] described as having a fiery nature, applying the words of Moses to him: "the Lord our God is a burning and consuming ...
[51] [52] After seeing this, Yaldabaoth's son Sabaoth repented, [53] and Sophia and Zoe rewarded his repentance by placing him in charge of the seventh heaven. [54] [55] Yaldabaoth envied Sabaoth, and his envy created Death, who in turn begat the archons. [56] Eleleth tells Norea that, unlike the archons, she comes from the Light above. [57]
This figure is commonly known as the demiurge, the "artisan" or "craftsman", after the figure in Plato's Timaeus. [note 6] Sophia at first hides this being but subsequently escapes, stealing a portion of divine power from her in the process. The Yaldabaoth uses this stolen
The malevolent demiurge, which sometimes goes by the name of Yaldabaoth, then usurped the true god's position. According to the Ordo Equester, Adam's third son Seth was a messiah who could get in touch with the true god and acted as his herald, thwarting the plans of the evil demiurge. The Knights believe that seven prophets will deliver ...
[50] [51] [54] [55] In the Archontic, Sethian, and Ophite systems, Yaldabaoth (Yahweh) is regarded as the malevolent Demiurge and false god of the Old Testament who generated the material universe and keeps the souls trapped in physical bodies, imprisoned in the world full of pain and suffering that he created. [56] [57] [58]
The creation of the Demiurge, also known as Yaldabaoth, is also a mistake made during this exile. The Demiurge proceeds to create the physical world in which we live, ignorant of Sophia, who nevertheless manages to infuse some spiritual spark or pneuma into his creation. In the Pistis Sophia, Christ is sent to bring Sophia back into the Pleroma.