Gitche Manitou
deity Algonquian single tradition · 2
Gitche Manitou means "Great Spirit" in several Algonquian languages. Christian missionaries have translated God as Gitche Manitou in scriptures and prayers in the Algonquian languages. The term is commonly used by Native American Churches in Mexico, United States and Canada.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
Relationships
- syncretized with
- God, Great Spirit
- co occurs with
- the Creator, Wenizhishid-manidoo, Gizhe-manidoo, Gichi-ojichaag, Wakan Tanka
- served by
- Hobomok
- has aspect
- Manitou
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“These manitous do not exist in a hierarchy like European gods/goddesses, but are more akin to one part of the body interacting with another and the spirit of everything; the collective is named Gitche Manitou.”
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“Gitche Manitou (also transliterated as Gichi-manidoo) is an Anishinaabe language word typically interpreted as Great Spirit, the Creator of all things and the Giver of Life, and is sometimes translated as the "Great Mystery"”
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