Norea

Noreia (variants: Norea, Noraia, Noria, Noraitha; Aramaic: the Fiery ) is in some Gnostic texts is the wife of Noah, which does not go into the ark, but the most high God. Flood and building of the ark be initiated by the Archons. According to the Nag Hammadi Scriptures Hypostasis of the Archons Norea is the last daughter of Adam and Eve, the Virgin, which have ( the archons ) does not stain the forces. Noah can Norea ( it? ) Do not go into the ark, whereupon Norea burns them.

The figure belongs to a branch of Gnosticism, which emphasizes the feminine element of the divine and is originally from Syria. She comes out in Nag Hammadi in front of the Mandaeans and in Dura Europos and is mentioned in Epiphanius of Salamis.

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