It’s a tough call, theologically speaking. In practical terms, however, people have been and continue to believe in plenty of gods who did not create our Universe. Some examples include the Greek pantheon, modern Wiccan deities, as well as some of the Hindu deities (though this gets tricky with multiple Universes, avatars, etc.). I think that most polytheistic deities are not Universe-creators, but I could be wrong.
I guess if I was hard-pressed to answer your question, I’d say something like, “an agent counts as a god if it is supernatural, self-aware, and possessed of enormous power”. But it doesn’t really matter what I think; it matters what the believers think—and not all of them believe that “creator of the Universe” is a necessary property of a god.
It’s a tough call, theologically speaking. In practical terms, however, people have been and continue to believe in plenty of gods who did not create our Universe. Some examples include the Greek pantheon, modern Wiccan deities, as well as some of the Hindu deities (though this gets tricky with multiple Universes, avatars, etc.). I think that most polytheistic deities are not Universe-creators, but I could be wrong.
I guess if I was hard-pressed to answer your question, I’d say something like, “an agent counts as a god if it is supernatural, self-aware, and possessed of enormous power”. But it doesn’t really matter what I think; it matters what the believers think—and not all of them believe that “creator of the Universe” is a necessary property of a god.