Creator deity
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"Before the ocean and the earth appeared— before the skies had overspread them all— the face of Nature in a vast expanse was naught but Chaos uniformly waste. It was a rude and undeveloped mass, that nothing made except a ponderous weight; and all discordant elements confused, were there congested in a shapeless heap." (trans. Brookes More)
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"If we substitute mechanics for magic as the operative force used by the Creator, Dee's religion was perhaps not altogether unlike that of Isaac Newton."--Theatre of the World (1969) by Frances Yates |
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A creator deity is a deity responsible for the creation of the world (or universe). In monotheism, the single God is necessarily also the creator deity, while polytheistic traditions may or may not have creator deities. A number of monolatristic traditions separate a secondary creator, from primary transcendent being, identified as a primary creator.Protogenoi
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See also
- Biblical cosmology
- Brahma
- Brahman
- Cosmogony
- Cosmological argument
- Cosmology
- Creationism
- Dating Creation
- Deism
- Existence
- Free will
- Great Spirit
- Hinduism
- Intelligent designer
- Jainism and non-creationism
- Native American mythology
- Spiritism
- Theism
- Tzimtzum
- Ultimate fate of the Universe
- Garden of Eden
- Rationalism
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