Chicken or egg conundrum - extended

I was talking to my cousin the other day about how our god, Ganesha, has not grown since we have come to know him. He is still the little boy who shows up every year to eat kadabu and escort his mum back to Kilasa. That's true with all the other gods too - Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma, Shanmugha - they seem to have been stuck in the same age not growing older. To this my cousin replied, "this is similar to The Simpsons - Bart Simpson being stuck in 3rd grade every year for the last 24 years, Maggie Simpson remaining a toddler for the last 24 years, the southpark kids not growing up in the last 16 years etc". These stories are all human creations being stuck conveniently in a certain state, however, everything around them being contemporary. This led to an interesting parallel to the conundrum mentioned in the title - did god create man, or, man create god? Go figure!