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Demiurge

noun
1.
A subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe.






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"Demiurge" Quotes from Famous Books



... well aware of the limits of his knowledge), tell a story of the usual character.(1) They believe in a member of the extra-natural race, named Quawteaht, of whom we shall hear more in his heroic character. As a demiurge "he is undoubtedly represented as the general framer, I do not say creator, of all things, though some special things are excepted. He made the earth and water, the trees and rocks, and all the animals. Some say that Quawteaht made the sun and moon, but the majority of the Indians believe ...
— Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 • Andrew Lang



Words linked to "Demiurge" :   deity, immortal, divinity, god



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