entity_relationships: 2434
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| relationship_id | subject_entity_id | relationship_type | object_entity_id | confidence | rationale | source_id | review_status | period_id |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2434 | ENT_VAL_ACHAMOTH | parent_of | ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH | high | Achamoth (Lower Sophia) produces Yaldabaoth as her imperfect creation — she creates him without a divine partner, which is why he is material and ignorant rather than spiritual. This is the central act of material creation in Valentinian cosmology: Irenaeus AH I.4.1-2 describes Achamoth forming the Demiurge from the "material" component of her own passions. Yaldabaoth, knowing only his mother Achamoth and not the higher Pleroma, arrogantly declares "I am a jealous God and there is no God but me" (Exodus 20:5 in Valentinian exegesis), demonstrating his ignorance of the divine world above him. | SRC_IRENAEUS_AH | reviewed | PER_GNO_2ND_4TH |