Saklas
demonic underworld Gnosticism single tradition · 4
Saklas is one of the Seven Archons in the system of the Gnostics mentioned by Epiphanius. He is described as the chief demon of Manichaeism.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 100 CE
- Attested period
- 100 – 300
- Historical notes
- Gnostic Archon mentioned by Epiphanius.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Eloiein, Elilaios, Camael, David, Seth, Iao, Sabaoth, Samael, Astaphaios, Yao, Eloai, Ariel, Sophia
- created by
- Nebro
- serves
- Yaldabaoth
- aspect of
- Yaldabaoth
- child of
- Nebro
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“Saklas (the chief demon of Manichaeism)”
#25432 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Another alternative title for the demiurge is "Saklas", Aramaic for "fool". In the Apocryphon of John, Yaldabaoth is also known as both Sakla and Samael.”
#25504 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“In the Apocryphon of John, On the Origin of the World, and Hypostasis of the Archons, found in the Nag Hammadi library, Samael is one of three names of the demiurge, whose other names are Yaldabaoth and Saklas.”
#25602 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“In the Apocryphon of John, "Yaldabaoth" is the first of three names of the domineering archon, along with Saklas and Samael.”
#25654 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001