Erinnys
demonic underworld Gnostic single tradition · 4
Erinnys is personified as the child of the first angel and Authadia. Erinnys is the sibling of Kakia, Zelos, Phthonus, and Epithymia.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in the Gnostic tradition.
Relationships
- created by
- the first angel, Authadia
- allied with
- Haides, Persephone, Hermes Khthonios, Arai
- serves
- Litai
- child of
- Authadia, the first angel
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“In the Gnostic tradition, Kakia is personified as the child of the first angel and Authadia with siblings Zelos (emulation), Phthonus (envy), Erinnys (fury), and Epithymia (lust).”
#25527 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to Irenaeus, Gnostics believed that the first angel and Authadia conceived the children Kakia (wickedness), Zelos (emulation), Phthonus (envy), Erinnys (fury), and Epithymia (lust).”
#25549 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“This should offend the Litai (Prayers), the daughters of the Thunderer Zeus, whose anger followeth unrelenting pride with vengeance, and the Erinnys (Fury) executes their wrath.'”
#28795 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001