ABSTRACT
Various interpretations of Islamic tradition, for instance, refer to the perfected order of nature as a "sign," or paradigm for the adoration due the creator. The creator often integrates opposites and contraries into one unity, being simultaneously male and female, visible and invisible, first and last, creator and destroyer, very near and very remote. As "human creator", man shares and participates in creating the world. To the Kachaw of Micronesian society, the creator is known simply as the Owner or Dweller of the Sky, and to the Ainu, he is known as the Divine Chief of the Sky, the Sky God, and the Divine Creator of the World. The creator is able to emanate himself from a single principle or idea. Because the creator deity exists prior to his creation of the world, his actions seem arbitrary and beyond human understanding. The creator is involved in such activities as creating, healing, redeeming, nurturing, and governing.
