All-Maker

English

Proper noun

the All-Maker

  1. The maker of all things, God; the creator god.
    • 1687, Tho[mas] Sorocold, Supplications of Saints: A Book of Prayers and Praises, 36th edition, corrected and enlarged, page 168:
      O God, all Maker, Keeper, and Guider; Inurement of thy rarely seen, unused, and seldom heard of goodness […]
    • 1889, Max Müller, Natural Religion, page 246:
      Another god who is often put prominently forward as the maker of the world is Visvakarman, literally the All-maker, who is afterwards called Pragâpati, lord of creatures […]
    • 1998, David Adams Leeming, “Corn Mother”, in Mythology: The Voyage of the Hero, 3rd edition, page 165:
      One day, before there were people on the earth, a youth appeared, born of the sea and the wind and the sun. Coming ashore, he joined the All-Maker and, together, when the sun was at the zenith and especially warm, they set about creating all sorts of things.
    • 2012 December 4, Bethesda Game Studios, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dragonborn, v1.0, Bethesda Softworks, Xbox 360:
      Fanari Strong-Voice: I was chosen by the people of the village when our last leader, Skaf the Giant, departed the cold world to join the All-Maker.

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