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* The four Lord Soul bearers from ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' can be seen as this for the various forms of "life" that exist; Gwyn was the first of the Gods and physically sired many children, Nito was the first of the dead and presided over the fabric of death, the Witch of Izalith [[spoiler: became the mother of Demonkind after she tried to make a new First Flame from her Life Soul and became the Bed of Chaos]], and the Furtive Pygmy [[spoiler: was the first of both the Pygmies and Man, as his Dark Soul was divided up amongst those who would become the Pygmy Lords of the Ringed City and humans in the form of Humanity.]]

* Although Buddhists are well known to be atheists and reject the existence of a creator of the Universe, some Sadhanas of the Vajrayana tradition describe the Buddha Avalokitesvara as who from whose eyes come the sun and the moon, from his brow comes Shiva, from his shoulders Brahma, from his heart Vishnu, from his mouth Sarasvati, from his breath comes the wind, from his feet the earth and from his belly the sky. Do note, however, that some Buddhists would argue that this should be considered symbolic and not literal, and that even if seen as literal it is still a myth pertaining the creation of Earth and not the whole Universe.

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* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' ''TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}}'', a being called the Demiurge created the multiverse at the cost of his life. The poor being can't die, however, and is currently roaming the universe as the UndeadAbomination Atropus, who's very much suffering a FateWorseThanDeath.
** In ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'', the universe was created by Ao. Just the universe, nothing else. Then Selûne and Shar (Light and Darkness respectively) came along, and their daughter Chauntea made life.

* The Gardener in ''Manga/ShimejiSimulation'' is revealed to be [[spoiler:the creator of West Yomogi]], the [[EldritchLocation city]] that Shijima and Majima currently live in, which is in fact, [[spoiler:a simulation.]]

* ''Series/LegendOfTheSeeker'': The Creator, of course, who made all living things.

* In a HalloweenEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Lisa inadvertently creates a species of tiny people in a petrie dish, who look on her as their God (and Bart as the Devil).

* The Great Beings from ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}.''

** The Aedra sacrificed a large portion of their divine power in order to create the mortal world. They were originally many in number, but only 8 survived the creation of Mundus. (And depending on the story, even they did not truly "survive," but they [[GodIsDead are dead]] and "dreaming the are alive.") These 8 are known as the "Divines" and would become the primary deities worshiped by the [[SaintlyChurch Church of the Divines]]. Their sacrifice has [[HaveYouSeenMyGod left them weak]], and thus they prefer [[InMysteriousWays a lighter touch]] in dealing with the mortal world, most often acting through [[MissionFromGod mortal agents]] and [[GodzillaThreshold reserving]] direct DivineIntervention for only the most dire of circumstances, such as averting TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.

* In UsefulNotes/{{Gnosticism}} the creator of the Universe is called the Demiurge and, unlike other religions, is seen as whether evil or idiotic for doing so.

Don't confuse with ThankTheMaker. For the comic book character, see ComicBook/TheMaker.

* ''VideoGame/{{Fairune}}'' and it's inhabitants were created by the otherwise unnamed Administrator, who was served by the three Fairies and who was eventually rejected and forced out of Fairune by Fairune itself.

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* [[{{God}} Arceus]] from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.

* {{God}}, according to the Abrahamic religions (UsefulNotes/{{Judaism}}, UsefulNotes/{[Christianity}}, and UsefulNotes/{{Islam}}).

* [[Literature/TheBible God]]. As the Apostle's Creed puts it, He is "creator of Heaven and Earth, of all things visible and invisible."

* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', a being called the Demiurge created the multiverse at the cost of his life.

** Io is the Maker for all dragons, including their gods. He/She may have also created the multiverse.

* ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' has "the Father", a being that existed before anything else and would generate new realities around itself. This universe, Hell, and numerous other realms were created after the Father decided to try consciously building new realities instead of spontaneously generating them.

* The Lifemaker in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''.

** Anu and Padomay. "Twin brothers" who are the {{Anthropomorphic Personifications}} of the primordial forces of [[OrderVersusChaos "stasis/order/light" and "change/chaos/darkness"]], respectively. The series' primary CreationMyth states that their interplay in the great "void" of pre-creation led to creation itself. Creation, sometimes anthropomorphized as the female entity "Nir", favored Anu, [[DrivenByEnvy which angered Padomay]]. Padomay killed Nir and [[EarthShatteringKaboom shattered the twelve worlds]] she gave birth to. Anu then wounded Padomay, presuming him dead. Anu salvaged the pieces of the twelve worlds to create one world: Nirn. Padomay returned and wounded Anu, seeking to destroy Nirn. Anu then [[TakingYouWithMe pulled Padomay and himself outside of time]], ending Padomay's threat to creation "forever". From the [[PiecesOfGod intermingling of their spilled blood]] came the "et'Ada", or "original spirits", who would go on to become either the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Aedra or the Daedra]] depending on their actions during creation. (Some myths state that the Aedra come from the mixed blood of Anu and Padomay, while the Daedra come purely from the blood of Padomay).

* ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}''

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