Great Spirit

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The Great Spirit is the consort of Eschetewuarha, the mother goddess of the Chamacoco people. Eschetewuarha is the wife of the Great Spirit, who she controls and dominates.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
1865 CE
Attested period
1865 – 2020
Historical notes
Legend related by chief Con Quien of the Tohono O'odham and published in the Indian Affairs Report of 1865.

Relationships

consort of
Eschetewuarha
parent of
Montezuma
enemy of
Montezuma
served by
Gaoh
creator of
Montezuma

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Sources

Source passages

“Eschetewuarha is the wife of the Great Spirit, who she controls and dominates.”

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“The contemporary belief in the great spirit is generally associated with the Native American Church. The doctrine regarding the great spirit within this modern tradition is quite varied and generally takes on Christian ideas of a monotheistic God alongside animistic conceptions”

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“In the Tohono O'odham legend, at the beginning of time the Great Spirit finds clay by digging a hole; he then drops the clay into the hole again and out comes Montezuma, who assists him in bringing out all the Indian tribes, with the Apache last of all. ”

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