See Chap. VIII _supra_. Here he occupies a far inferior position to that assigned him by the Ophites. In the Μέρος τευχῶν Σωτῆρος he sinks lower still and becomes merely one of the torturers in hell (p. 382, Copt., κ.τ.λ.). Thus, as is usual in matters of religion, the gods of one age become the fiends of the next. In the Bruce Papyrus (Amélineau, p. 212) he appears as one of the chiefs of the Third Aeon. It is curious, however, to observe how familiar the name must have been to what Origen calls “a certain secret theology,” so that it was necessary to give him _some_ place in every system of Gnosticism. His bipartite appearance may be taken from Ezekiel viii. 2. Footnote 534: Probably the latter. See what is said about the Outer Darkness in the Μέρος τευχῶν Σωτῆρος, p. 319, Copt. where it is described as “a great dragon whose tail is in his mouth who is without the whole κόσμος and surrounds it.” Footnote 535: p. 83, Copt. So in the Manichaean legend, the First Man, on being taken captive by Satan, prays seven times to the Light and is delivered from the Darkness in which he is imprisoned. See Chap. XIII _infra_. Footnote 536: This demon in the shape of a flying arrow seems to be well known in Rabbinic lore. Mr Whinfield in _J.R.A.S._, April, 1910, pp. 485, 486, describes him as having a head like a calf, with one horn rising out of his forehead like a cruse or pitcher, while to look upon him is certain death to man or beast. His authority seems to be Rapaport’s _Tales from the Midrash_. Footnote 537: The basilisk with seven heads seems to be Death. See Gaster, “The Apocalypse of Abraham,” _T.S.B.A._ vol. IX. pt 1, p. 222, where this is said to be the “true shape” of death. Cf. Kohler, “Pre-Talmudic Haggadah,” _J.Q.R._, 1895, p. 590. Death, as we have seen in Chap. IX, p. 107, was in the ideas of Valentinus the creature of the Demiurge. For the dragon, see Whinfield, _ubi cit._ Footnote 538: These “three times” are not years. As the _Pistis Sophia_ opens with the announcement that Jesus spent 12 years on earth after the Resurrection, we may suppose that He was then—if the author accepted the traditional view that He suffered at 33—exactly 45 years old, and the “time” would then be a period of 15 years, as was probably the indiction. The descent of the “two vestures” upon Jesus is said (p. 4, Copt.) to have taken place “on the 15th day of the month Tybi” which is the day Clement of Alexandria (_Strom._ Bk I. c. 21) gives for the birth of Jesus. He says the followers of Basilides gave the same day as that of His baptism. Footnote 539: Epiphanius, _Haer._ XXVI. t. II. pt 1, p. 181, Oehler. Footnote 540: