Sentence:  Ricoeur describes God as “the metahero of a metahistory,” the “superagent” or “<WSD>supercharacter</WSD>” in the founding events encompassing creation, the patriarchal sojourning, the wilderness wandering, deliverance, conquest and settlement of the land, and the monarchy. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Something that pervades a story as a common theme or presence, transcending the level of individual characters.