Relationships

2,079 typed, source-backed relationships between entities. Each row records a directed relationship (subject → type → object) with a justifying source and rationale note. See relationship_types for the full controlled vocabulary of 70 relationship types. Key types: reception_of / received_as (transmission across traditions), equated_with (interpretatio graeca / analogues), parent_of (genealogy), member_of (collective membership), emanates_from (Gnostic/Neoplatonic structure).

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subject_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity initiating or holding the relationship'}
relationship_type
{'description': 'Typed relationship from the controlled vocabulary (see relationship_types table)'}
object_entity_id
{'description': 'The entity receiving or targeted by the relationship'}
confidence
{'description': 'high / medium / low / speculative'}
rationale
{'description': 'Scholarly justification for the relationship, with source citations'}
source_id
{'description': 'Primary source justifying this relationship'}
period_id
{'description': 'Historical period in which this relationship is attested (null = all periods)'}

8 rows where subject_entity_id = "ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH"

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relationship_id ▼ subject_entity_id relationship_type object_entity_id confidence rationale source_id review_status period_id
600 Yaldabaoth ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH cult_form_of Demiurge ENT_GNO_DEMIURGE medium Yaldabaoth is a named demiurgic ruler in Sethian/Ophite traditions. Nag Hammadi Library SRC_NHC reviewed  
2435 Yaldabaoth ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH member_of Archons ENT_GNO_ARCHONS high Yaldabaoth is not merely a member of the Archons but their head and creator: he produces the seven planetary Archons from his own substance and breath (Irenaeus AH I.5.2-3; Apocryphon of John NHC II,1). He then sits enthroned above his creation, ignorant of the divine Pleroma above him. As the chief Archon he rules the material world and enforces the imprisonment of the divine spark (pneuma) within human bodies. The seven Archons correspond to the seven planets in Valentinian and Sethian cosmological schemas. Irenaeus of Lyons, Adversus Haereses (Against Heresies), c. 180 CE; ed. Rousseau & Doutreleau, SC 263-264, 293-294, 210-211 (Cerf, 1979-2002) SRC_IRENAEUS_AH reviewed Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH
2436 Yaldabaoth ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH identified_with Saklas ENT_GNO_SAKLAS high "Saklas" (Aramaic: "fool") is one of three names given to Yaldabaoth in Sethian texts: Yaldabaoth ("Child of chaos"), Saklas ("Fool"), and Samael ("Blind god"). Apocryphon of John (NHC II,1:11): "He is imperfect compared to the immortal father, for he is not perfect... He said to his fellows, 'I am God and no other god exists except me.' But by saying this, he showed the angels who were with him that there is another god; for if there were no other one, of whom would he be jealous?" The name Saklas most directly expresses his defining characteristic — ignorance/foolishness — in contrast to the Gnostic divine Nous (Mind). NHC II,1. Nag Hammadi Library SRC_NHC reviewed Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH
2437 Yaldabaoth ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH aligned_with Samael ENT_GNO_SAMAEL high "Samael" ("Blind god") is the third name given to Yaldabaoth in Apocryphon of John (NHC II,1): his names are Yaldabaoth, Saklas, and Samael. In Sethian cosmology, Samael refers to his blindness to the divine world above him (he sees only the material realm and his own creation); in Jewish tradition Samael is the chief adversarial angel. The identification equates the Gnostic chief Archon with the Jewish demonic adversary, positioning Yaldabaoth as both the material creator and the divine opponent. This identification is one of the sharpest theological provocations in Sethian Gnostic theology — equating the creator God of the Hebrew Bible with the adversary. NHC II,1. Nag Hammadi Library SRC_NHC reviewed Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH
2438 Yaldabaoth ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH opposes Sophia ENT_GNO_SOPHIA medium Yaldabaoth, as the product of Sophia's/Achamoth's imperfect creation, is structurally opposed to Sophia throughout the Gnostic cosmological drama: Sophia's divine spark (pneuma) is trapped within the material creation that Yaldabaoth rules, and the task of the Gnostic savior is to release this pneuma from Yaldabaoth's material prison. In Sethian texts (Apocryphon of John, NHC II,1; Hypostasis of the Archons, NHC II,4), Yaldabaoth's rule is the antagonist to Sophia's redemptive movement. Confidence medium: the relationship is structural/thematic throughout Gnostic cosmology; the specific narrative interactions vary by text. Nag Hammadi Library SRC_NHC reviewed Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH
2595 Yaldabaoth ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH emanates_from Sophia ENT_GNO_SOPHIA high Sophia brings forth Yaldabaoth alone, without her consort or the Spirit's consent; he is her malformed offspring. Apocryphon of John (The Secret Book of John), NHC II,1 / III,1 / IV,1 and BG 8502,2; c. 2nd c. CE, Egypt SRC_APOCRYPHON_JOHN reviewed Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH
2596 Yaldabaoth ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH parent_of Twelve Authorities ENT_SET_TWELVE_AUTHORITIES high Yaldabaoth begets the twelve authorities to rule the cosmos. Apocryphon of John (The Secret Book of John), NHC II,1 / III,1 / IV,1 and BG 8502,2; c. 2nd c. CE, Egypt SRC_APOCRYPHON_JOHN reviewed Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH
2716 Yaldabaoth ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH rules Third Aeon of the Ascent ENT_JEU_THIRD_AEON high Yaldabaoth guards the third aeon of the ascent together with Choucho — bridging the Jeuian ascent and the Sethian demiurge. The (Two) Books of Jeu (Bruce Codex), c. 3rd-4th c. CE, Egypt SRC_BOOKS_OF_JEU reviewed Gnostic and Neoplatonic (2nd–4th c.) PER_GNO_2ND_4TH

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CREATE TABLE "entity_relationships" (
   [relationship_id] INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
   [subject_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [relationship_type] TEXT REFERENCES [relationship_types]([relationship_type]),
   [object_entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [confidence] TEXT,
   [rationale] TEXT,
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [period_id] TEXT REFERENCES [periods]([period_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_period_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([period_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_source_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_object_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([object_entity_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_relationship_type]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([relationship_type]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_relationships_subject_entity_id]
    ON [entity_relationships] ([subject_entity_id]);