Ennoia
deity single tradition · 1
In the beginning God had his first thought, his Ennoia, which was female, and that thought was to create the angels. The First Thought then descended into the lower regions and created the angels. But the angels rebelled against her out of jealousy and created the world as her prison, imprisoning her in a female body.
When
- First attested
- 100 CE
- Attested period
- 100 – 400
- Historical notes
- Described by Justin, Irenaeus, and Epiphanius of Salamis.
Relationships
- manifests as
- Helen of Troy, Helen
- co occurs with
- Prunikos, Simon Magus
- syncretized with
- Athena
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Simon with having tried to wrest the words of St. Paul about the armour of God into agreement with his own identification of the Ennoia with Athena.”
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