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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.
Yaldabaoth created heaven and earth, and he created three sons: Yao, Eloai, and Astaphaios. The Seven Heavens of Chaos are inhabited by androgynous beings. Yaldabaoth creates beautiful heavens for his sons and is praised but later becomes boastful and sins. Pistis Sophia reveals her image and rebukes Yaldabaoth.
Jan Zandee interprets Sabaoth's role as the opposite of Ialdabaoth. The psychics can choose between both; Ialdabaoth representing evil and Sabaoth representing good. Sabaoth becomes the current ruler of the world and thus fulfills the role of the God of Israel.
Yaldabaoth, called also Saklas who emerged later, [9] Archon of fornication [10] and Samael. Saturn. 2nd Heaven. 6th Heaven and 7th Heaven. 8th Heaven.
In Pistis Sophia, Yaldabaoth has already sunk from his high estate and resides in Chaos, where, with his forty-nine demons, he tortures wicked souls in boiling rivers of pitch, and with other punishments (pp. 257, 382). He is an archon with the face of a lion, half flame, and half darkness.
Jesus is depicted as a mystery who, along with others, was spiritually married in union before the foundation of the world. The text also mentions that the rulers around Yaldabaoth were disobedient due to their envy, but Jesus is a friend of Sophia and is a member of the children of truth and greatness. The ending encourages the readers to rest ...
In On the Origin of the World, he is one of the three sons of Yaldabaoth, with the other two being Astaphaios and Eloai. In the Apocryphon of John, he is the fourth of the seven archons. [2] [3] In Mandaeism, Yurba, the name of an uthra, is derived from Yao, with Rba ('Great') added at the end. [4] [5]
[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]