[ There's merit to that. Yet, he can't help but be reminded of the endless darkness that is Henir's realm, where an alien god slumbered for the rest of eternity. If Elia had not come to divide that realm in half, then perhaps Henir would have remained in his impassive state until the end. ]

Then it would also be partly a question of classification. I know of a powerful entity that spends its time in isolation. What then differentiates gods from beings of similar power? It would then be their connection to a mortal realm.

[ Though, since they're talking about creation myths: ]

There is also factoring what this world has decided to be scientific dogma on creation. Last I heard it did not mention magic in its writings.