Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 12:54:24 GMT
The Great Spirit was not always what Native Americans believed in. The Great Spirit is a God-like entity that was adopted by Native American religion in the 18th century. The Great Spirit is an “anthropomorphic celestial deity who personally ruled the world and intervened regularly with human affairs” (Cave, 3). He is the God of creation, history and eternity. Before contact with Europeans there was no word in any Native American language that represented a God or a supreme being. Anthropologists have determined that the idea of a "Great Spirit" is wholly an invention of the white man.
