godling
/ˈɡɒdlɪŋ/noun
1Chiefly humorous. A little god; an inferior god; a god imagined as possessing little power or of diminutive size.
- Common in the 17th cent..
2An image of a small or inferior god.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in William Lambarde (1536–1601), antiquary and lawyer. From god + -ling.