Some believers equated this figure with the Christian Satan, while more radical ones equated this figure with the God of the Old Testament.
This figure was depicted with the head of a lion and the body of a snake. This figure was sometimes called "Yao," but more commonly his names were given as Skalas and Yaltabaoth. According to the Ophites, this figure was assisted by seven archons. After being born, this figure was hidden in a cloud, leading him to grow up ignorant of reality. This figure's mother is either Achamoth, or her mother Sophia, making him a corruption of divine wisdom. Some believers equated this figure with the Christian Satan, while more radical ones equated this figure with the God of the Old Testament. For 10 points, name this false god that Gnostics believed created and ruled the material world, in opposition to the true God.
This figure was depicted with the head of a lion and the body of a snake.
demiurge