Another word for begetter

darkness, was the begetter of all things, even of Tangaloa.

But their Nature (4)uo-ts) is one, for the Begotten is not dissimilar (av6µotoc) to the Begetter, but his image, and everything that is the Father's is also the Son's."

He was neither a wit nor a croquet champion, a hypnotic force nor a begetter of amateur theatricals.