godkin

English

Alternative forms

• goddikin

Etymology

From god +‎ -kin, perhaps also from Dutch godeken (“godkin”).

Noun

godkin (plural godkins)

1. (rare) A little god; a minor or inferior deity; godling.
   • 1895, Edward Washburn Hopkins, The Religions of India, volume 25, page 377:

     […] whereas Indra, impotent as he is, hymnless as he is, — save in the oldest portions of the work, — still leads the gods, now godkins, of the ancient pantheon, […]