depiction yaldabaoth demiurge however cf mithraic zervan akarana term ' 'demiurge'' derives latinized form greek term ' 'd miourgos'' literally public skilled worker ref wherein text existed describing demiurge lion faced serpent ref name apocryphon ref figure also called yaldabaoth ref name apocryphon samael aramaic ' 's el'' blind god saklas syriac ' 's kla'' foolish one sometimes ignorant superior god sometimes opposed thus latter case correspondingly malevolent names identifications ahriman el satan yahweh demiurge creates physical universe
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