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Manitou
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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or Manito (Algonquian Indian, "mystery," "supernatural"), among certain American Indian tribes, a spirit or genius of good or evil. The manitou is almost always an animal, each individual having one assigned him, generally by dream-inspiration, at the greatest religious act of his life - his first fast. This animal then becomes his fetish; its skin is carried as a charm, and representations of it are tattooed and painted on the body or engraved on the weapons.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Manitou'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/manitou.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Manitou'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/m/manitou.html. 1910.
