Great Spirit
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title:
Great Spirit
text:
The Great Spirit is an omnipresent supreme life force generally conceptualized as a supreme being or god. The Great Spirit is a central component in many, but not all, indigenous cultures in Canada and the United States, and interpretations of it vary between cultures. In the Lakota tradition, the Great Spirit is known as Wakan Tanka. According to Lakota activist Russell Means, a more semantically accurate translation of Wakan Tanka is the Great Mystery. Often, Lakota language prayers begin with
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Supreme being in many indigenous North American cultures
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Spirit
date created:
2005-04-29T02:11:34Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T04:38:19Z
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