1) Gnostic deity 
The Gnostic term `Barbēlō` (Greek: Βαρβηλώ) refers to the first emanation of God in several forms of Gnostic cosmogony. Barbēlō is often depicted as a supreme female principle, the single passive antecedent of creation in its manifoldness. This figure is also variously referred to as `Mother-Father` (hinting at her apparent androgyn...