Eloai

demonic intermediate Gnosticism single tradition · 3

Eloai is one of the three sons of Yaldabaoth in Sethian Gnosticism, as described in On the Origin of the World. His siblings are Astaphaios and Yao.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
100 CE
Attested period
100 – 400
Historical notes
Documented in Sethian Gnostic texts from the early Christian centuries.

Relationships

co occurs with
Saklas, Nebro, Yurba, Samael, Yaldabaoth
sibling of
Astaphaios, Yao
child of
Yaldabaoth

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Sources

Source passages

“In On the Origin of the World, he is one of the three sons of Yaldabaoth, with the other two being Yao and Eloai.”

#25382 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“In the Nag Hammadi text On the Origin of the World, the three sons of Yaldabaoth are listed as Yao, Eloai, and Astaphaios.”

#25499 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“In On the Origin of the World, he is one of the three sons of Yaldabaoth, with the other two being Astaphaios and Eloai.”

#25662 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5