Talk:Gitche Manitou

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I wonder if anybody believes in this stuff anymore? (preceding unsigned soliloquy by 168.11.164.253 (talk · contribs) 14:18, 14 October 2005)

Probably. 128.6.176.39 21:54, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. The official Tribal government-sanctioned Religion of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe is Midewiwin and Gichi-manidoo is the primary Manidoo in that faith-system. CJLippert 02:31, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Related Names?[edit]

"The name of the Province of Manitoba, or Manitou-abah, in Canada, is obviously related to this Algonquian or Ojibway word for Spirit, Creator, or even Great Spirit."

Can this be verified? There may be no reason to doubt it, except that I always hear alarm bells when a statement says "obviously". It usually seems to mean "this is what I think, please don't question it". And similarly, at first glance you'd think that the name for Romania was 'obviously' related to the Romans - but it's not. - 86.137.181.158 14:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You make a good point, I think; even if it's correct, there's no real need for that "obviously"--"the name of the Canadian province Manitoba is etymologically related to the term manitou" would be fine. The Government of Manitoba's website says it probably comes from Cree or Ojibwe, and is connected to the word "manitou", so for now I think I'll cite that source in the article. Until I can find something better? --Miskwito 18:39, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Either way, I moved it to Manitou, where I think it's more relevant. --Miskwito 19:12, 15 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oral traditions[edit]

Ok so is Wikipedia eurocentric? Many aboriginal stories are orally tradition - that is passed down verbally from generation to generation from time immemorial. In some cases there may not be an official documented source for this information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.254.70.162 (talk) 21:56, 5 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Christian Bias[edit]

Why on earth does every section of this article except the last one tell us what Christians have done with these terms? How is that relevant to these topics at all? At most, shouldn't all that information be gathered into its own section as an appendix? Some of these sections have little more to say about their alleged topic than what the Christian reimagining is. 98.240.35.246 (talk) 13:04, 19 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Manitou as mystical term[edit]

Thank you for your explanations in the above-mentioned section! Very interesting. But where is the scientific basis for this? How does one arrive at the interpretation of Manitou as a kind of qi ('force') and in which literature can I find informations about this...? Thank you again! HilmarHansWerner (talk) 08:16, 20 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]