Great Spirit
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
- co occurs with
- Gauteovan, Great Mystery, Coyote, Moctezuma, guarã, Osasero birds
- consort of
- Eschetewuarha
- parent of
- Montezuma
- enemy of
- Montezuma
- served by
- Gaoh
- syncretized with
- Wakan Tanka, the Creator, Gitche Manitou
- creator of
- Montezuma
Mentioned by
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”
#20440 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“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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