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Gitche Manitou (Gitchi Manitou,
Kitchi Manitou, etc.)
means "Great Spirit" in
several Algonquian languages.
Christian missionaries have
translated God...
- dialects),
meaning "great sea".
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote this name as "
Gitche Gumee" in the poem The Song of Hiawatha, as did
Gordon Lightfoot in his...
- in the earth." In the
Algonquian tradition, the
Great Spirit is
known as
Gitche Manitou. Due to
perceived similarities between the
Great Spirit and the...
- traditions,
Gitche Manitou refers to a
supreme being. The term has
analogues dating to
before European contact, and the word uses of
gitche and manitou...
- Mishibijiw,
which translates as "Great Lynx", or Gichi-anami'e-bizhiw ("
Gitche-anahmi-bezheu"),
which translates as "the
fabulous night panther". However...
- 1993 Much Ado
About Nothing Don John Even
Cowgirls Get the
Blues Julian Gitche Freaked Ortiz the Dog Boy
Uncredited cameo Little Buddha Prince Siddhartha...
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meaning those who are on the
right road or path
given to them by the
Creator Gitche Manitou, or
Great Spirit.
Basil Johnston, an
Ojibwe historian, linguist...
- inhabitants, the
Anishinaabe peoples. They
consider it to be home of the
Gitche Manitou, or the "Great Spirit."
According to legend,
Mackinac Island was...
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character in the poem,
mentioned in the
familiar lines: By the s****s of
Gitche Gumee, By the
shining Big-Seawater
Stood the
wigwam of
Nokomis Daughter...
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principle called the 'Great Spirit' (Siouan: wakȟáŋ tȟáŋka; Algonquian:
gitche manitou).
Another widely shared concept was that of
orenda ('spiritual power')...
