In my view (and this ties into my own personal religious worldview somewhat), there *is* an ultimate creator somewhere. That ultimate creator is in part connected to *all* celestials, in *all* their aspects, in *all* universes, including their 'oversoul' as it were.
This is why I said the Hinduistic view is probably the closest to mine.
What's fun about this is we don't really have to go into this in the work - what does it really add/substract from the work anyway? I can have my view, Bob can have his, Ed can have his, etc. This discussion is mostly just a fun philsosophical/comsological discourse.
Suffice it to say, the answer to my question about Kami-sama in the OMB uni goes something like this:
-Kami-sama and Yggdrasil *are* the ultimate creator. He just chose to present himself in that dual fashion, splitting up the vessel of his will from the vessel of his power.
-As to why have the other gods - why not? Kami-sama as presented in OMB and God's Toy has human foibles too. He doesn't have to explain himself (which gets me out of trying to). Suffice it to say, he wanted lackeys and foils, and he made them possible. Maybe he was bored.
This is why I said the Hinduistic view is probably the closest to mine.
What's fun about this is we don't really have to go into this in the work - what does it really add/substract from the work anyway? I can have my view, Bob can have his, Ed can have his, etc. This discussion is mostly just a fun philsosophical/comsological discourse.
Suffice it to say, the answer to my question about Kami-sama in the OMB uni goes something like this:
-Kami-sama and Yggdrasil *are* the ultimate creator. He just chose to present himself in that dual fashion, splitting up the vessel of his will from the vessel of his power.
-As to why have the other gods - why not? Kami-sama as presented in OMB and God's Toy has human foibles too. He doesn't have to explain himself (which gets me out of trying to). Suffice it to say, he wanted lackeys and foils, and he made them possible. Maybe he was bored.