• In the
Eridu Genesis, the younger gods
Enlil and
Enki replace the
deus otiosus Anu. • In
Greek mythology, the older gods like
Uranus and
Gaia make way for
Cronos and
Rhea who in turn are succeeded by the Olympians
Zeus and
Hera and company. • In
Baltic mythology, the primordial supreme god
Dievas most probably was a
deus otiosus. • In
Christian theology, Protestant reformer
Martin Luther used the notion of
deus absconditus (
Latin: "hidden god") in order to explain the mystery and remoteness of
God. In the 1st millennium CE, the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika school added the concept of
Ishvara to its
atomistic naturalism. These later Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika atomists retained their belief that substances are eternal, but included the belief in the existence of an
Ishvara, which is regarded as the eternal
Supreme Being who is also omniscient and
omnipresent. and
Nicholas of Cusa (1401–1464). The term is derived from the
Old Testament of the
Christian Bible, specifically from the
Book of Isaiah: "Truly, you are a God who hides himself, Oh
God of Israel, the Savior" (). Today, the Christian theological concept of
deus absconditus is primarily associated with the
theology of Martin Luther and later
Protestant theologians. ==See also==