Great Spirit

The Great Spirit is a conception of a supreme being prevalent among Native American and First Nations cultures. Also called The Creator, or The Great Maker in English and Gitchi Manitou in Algonquian, the Great Spirit was a syncretist conception of God.

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Native American - First Nations - Gitchi Manitou - Algonquian - Syncretist

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The Great Spirit is personal, close to the people, and immanent in the fabric of the material world. Chief Dan Evehema, a spiritual leader of the Hopi Nation described the Great Spirit as follows:

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Chief Dan Evehema - Hopi Nation

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:To the Hopi, the Great Spirit is all powerful. He taught us how to live, to worship, where to go and what food to carry, gave us seeds to plant and harvest. He gave us a set of sacred stone tablets into which he breathed all teachings in order to safeguard his land and life. In these stone tablets were inscribed instructions, prophecies and warnings.http://www.kindredspirit.co.uk/ARTICLES/4742_chief_dan.asp

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