Lexicographical Neighbors of Manitu
Literary usage of Manitu
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1886)
"This specimen shows that the difference between the manitu and the otter, was
recognized by the mound-builders, and it was depicted on the different pipes. ..."
2. The Price of Peace by Stinson Jarvis (1921)
"Among the gods brought from the far west was manitu, who still names a large ...
Mr. Smith shows that in Assyria this manitu was called "The Maker of Fate" ..."
3. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1891)
"The records remain of the Jesuit missionary teaching under which the Algonquins
came to use their native term manitu, that is, spirit or demon, ..."
4. Indian Hero Tales: Wonder Stories of the First Americans by John Hubert Cornyn (1921)
"Some say it was a great iceberg which the manitu made to flourish like the Southland.
From this far-distant island he communicated with the Earth-land, ..."
5. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"The Omaha, a house-dwelling, agricultural tribe, with descent in the male line,
with priests, and departmental gods, a tribe, too, among whom the manitu is ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"Religious societies are a noticeable feature of the social life of Northwest
America ; those societies have the guardian spirit (manitu) as their central ..."
7. Labrador by William Brooks Cabot (1920)
"There are two things Indians have deference for, one is night, when the various
manitu are abroad, the other the sea, and the two in combination are rather ..."
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