demiurge

noun4

1. •
   The (usually benevolent) being that created the universe out of primal matter.

   • A demiurge or craftsman god takes pre-existing matter and fashions it in light of the eternal Forms.
2. •
   A (usually jealous or outright malevolent) being who is inferior to the supreme being, and sometimes seen as the creator of evil.
3. •
   (figurative) Something (such as an idea, individual or institution) conceived as an autonomous creative force or decisive power.
4. •
   (historical) The title of a magistrate in a number of states of Ancient Greece, and in the city states (poleis) of the Achaean League.