Sophia, Achamot Prunikos
deity Ophites single tradition · 1
Sophia, Achamot Prunikos is described as the Sophia of the Ophites, represented half man, half woman, as the symbol of wisdom, unnatural voluptuousness and the principle of sensuality. Hammer-Purgstall reduces the inscriptions on the Baphomet images to Mete, which he claims is not the Μητις of the Greeks, but the Sophia, Achamot Prunikos of the Ophites.
When
- First attested
- 1818 CE
- Attested period
- 1818 – 1818
- Historical notes
- Referenced in Hammer-Purgstall's essay on Baphomet.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Baphomet
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“The inscriptions he reduces almost all to Mete[, which] ... is, according to him, not the Μητις of the Greeks, but the Sophia, Achamot Prunikos of the Ophites, which was represented half man, half woman, as the symbol of wisdom, unnatural voluptuousness and the principle of sensuality”
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