Creator god

The Great Architect by William Blake

Creator God - the Supreme Being , deity or God who created the Universe or participated in the creation of the world .

In many mythologies, the world was created by the gods.

Examples of creator gods: Egyptian Atum and Ptah , Zoroastrian Ahura Mazda , Vishvakarman in Hinduism, Antsva among Abkhazians and Abazins, Tha among Adygs, Armenian Aramazd , Viracocha of the Incas, goddess Ilmatar among Finns, Inmar among Udmurts, Kai Udmurts, Udmurts, Kai .

In German mythology, the gods created the world from the body of the giant Ymir , killing him. A similar plot is the creation of the world from the body of Purusha in Hindu mythology.

Examples of couples who created the world: Izanagi and Izanami in Shintoism, Abzu and Tiamat among the Sumerians, Geb and Nut from the Egyptians, Rangi and Papa from the Maori .

Sometimes the plot of cosmogonic myths is the opposition of the forces of creation and the forces of destruction. Such myths are characteristic of dualistic mythologies . Such pairs are Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu , En and Omel , Kugu-Yumo and Yin .

In ancient Greek mythology, the ancestress of the world is Gaia , who was born after Chaos . He is the mother of Uranus and from him other gods, Cyclopes , Titans , Erinians , giants , mountains, seas, monsters, heroes. ^[one]

In Judaism, Yahweh , Elohim , in Christianity, God the Father .