Great Spirit (disambiguation)
Great Spirit is a concept of a universal spirit pervading all things. The term may mean:
North American anthropology
- Great Spirit, an English translation of various synonyms in the languages of North American native tribes for the common concept of a universal spiritual force
- Great spirit, English translation of Unetlanvhi in Cherokee mythology
- Great spirit, English translation of Lakota Wakan Tanka
- Great spirit, English translation of Gitche Manitou in several Algonquian languages
- Great spirit, a feature of mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas
- Great spirit, English translation of Algonquian Manitou or monetoo, "spirit"
Geographical
- Waconda Spring, a place in Kansas translated as "Great Spirit" spring
- Moniteau County, Missouri, a county named after Algonquian Manitou
- Big Manitou Falls, English translation of Gitchee Manitou, a waterfall in Wisconsin
Other
- Appeal to the Great Spirit, a 1909 equestrian statue by Cyrus Dallin, located in front of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts on the Huntington Avenue side
- Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, a formerly lost Coptic gospel
See also
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