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Great Spirit
[tr. Ojibway kitchi manitou: see Manitou.]
The supreme spirit or deity recognized by the North American Indians.
1703tr. Lahontan's New Voy. N. Amer. II. 19 All the Savages are convinced..that Man was not made by chance, and that he's the Work of a Being superior in Wisdom and Knowledge, which they call the Great Spirit, or the Master of Life, and which they Adore in the most abstracted and spiritual manner. 1805J. Sibley in Deb. Congr. U.S. (1852) 9th Congr. 2nd Sess. 1076 The Great Spirit placed on an eminence, near this lake, one family of Caddoques. 1812Niles' Weekly Reg. II. 81/1 We return thanks to the Great Spirit for the many favors he has bestowed upon us. 1836[see spirit n. 4]. 1855Longfellow Hiaw. i. 96 Listen to the words of warning, From the lips of the Great Spirit. 1869C. L. Brace New West xi. 140 Their idea of a Great Spirit is undoubtedly a reflex of Christian teachings. 1873J. Miller Life amongst Modocs (1876) xix. 264 The Indians said the Great Spirit made this mountain [sc. Shasta] first of all. 1958Native Voice (Sp. ed.) 48/1 ‘Woe! Woe! My children,’ cried the wise Chief. ‘Do you not know that those who harm one of the Great Spirit's creatures will suffer in a like way.’ |
