In the Gnostic religion, which flourished in the second and third centuries C.E., he was seen in the Demiurge, the term given to a jealous and inferior god to whom the bulk of humankind gave worship in ignorance.
Gnostilises religioonis, mille õitseaeg oli teine ja kolmas sajand m.a.j., nimetati teda Demiurgiks, kes oli armukade alamast seisusest jumal, keda enamik inimkonnast teadmatult kummardas.