ETYM Greek demioyrgos a worker for the people, a workman, especially the maker of the world, the Creator; demios belonging to the people (fr. dhmos the people) + ergon a work.
A subordinate deity, in some philosophies the creator of the universe. Creative spirit or entity. Inferior god who created world; creative power or spirit.
The supernatural maker of the world who is subordinate to the Supreme Being or God. The term comes from the ancient Greek philosopher Plato’s myth in the Timaeus about the divine creation of the universe. Plato’s demiurge copies the Forms onto the receptacle of space-time or womb of becoming.