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Gitche Manitou (Gitchi Manitou, Kitchi Manitou, etc.) means "Great Spirit" in several Algonquian languages. Christian missionaries have translated God as Gitche Manitou in scriptures and prayers in the Algonquian languages. Manitou is a common Algonquian term for spirit, mystery, or deity.
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". Historically, Anishinaabe people believed in a variety of spirits, whose images were placed near doorways for protection.
Manitou was widely used during early European contact. In 1585, when Thomas Harriot recorded the first glossary of an Algonquian language, Roanoke (Pamlico), he included the word mantóac, meaning "gods and goddesses". Similar terms are found in nearly all Algonquian languages. In some Algonquian traditions, Gitche Manitou refers to a supreme ...
No one manitou is believed to rule supreme over the others. [41] Its name meaning "great manitou", [55] Kitche Manitou (Gichi-Manidoo) is the creator being, but is deemed largely uninvolved with human affairs. [56] Often referred to as the "Master of Life," [57] the figure is not traditionally gendered. [58]
Gitche Manitou, meaning "Great Spirit" in several Algonquian languages; Great Spirit, an omnipresent supreme life force, generally conceptualized as a supreme being or god, in the traditional religious beliefs of many indigenous cultures in Canada and the United States
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