In Sethianism, Sethian Gnosticism, Yao or Iao () is an archon (Gnosticism), archon.
In ''On the Origin of the World'', he is one of the three sons of Yaldabaoth, with the other two being Astaphaios and Eloai. In the ''Apocryphon of John'', he is the fourth of the seven archon (Gnosticism), archons.
See also
* Tetragrammaton
* wiktionary:Ἰαω, Ἰαω
References
Gnostic deities
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