can be seen, for example, in the English translation of the "Huron Carol". Related spirits Spirits who were either aspects of Gitche Manitou or lesser spirits under Gitche Manitou include: Hobomok, who was deemed more approachable than Gitche Manitou, and more likely to listen to pleas, but who was also mischievous and interpreted by Englishmen as being the devil, or an evil deity. Manitou as mystical term Manitou is the spiritual and fundamental life force among Algonquian groups in the Native American mythology. Manitou is one aspect of the interconnection and balance of nature and life, similar to the East Asian concept of qi. In simpler terms it can refer to a spirit. This spirit is seen as a person as well as a concept. Everything has its own manitou—every plant, every stone and, since their invention, even machines. These manitous do not exist in a hierarchy like European gods/goddesses, but are more akin to one part of the body interacting with another and the spirit of everything; the collective is named Gitche Manitou. See also Ahone Manitoba Manitoulin Island Names of God Supreme Being Wakan Tanka Notes References Densmore, Frances. Chippewa Customs. (1979, Minnesota Historical Press). Hoffman, Walter James, M.D. The Mide'wiwin: Grand Medicine Society of the Ojibway. (2005, Lightning Source Inc.) Johnston, Basil. Ojibway Ceremonies. (1990, University of Nebraska Press). Johnston, Basil. The Manitous: the spiritual world of the Ojibway. (2001, Minnesota Historical Society Press). Nichols, John D. and Earl Nyholm. A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe. (1995, University of Minnesota Press). Cuoq, Jean André. Lexique de la Langue Algonquine. (1886, J. Chapleau & Fils). Rhodes, Richard A. Eastern Ojibwa-Chippewa-Ottawa Dictionary''. (1985, Mouton de Gruyter). External links Mackinac Island Wisconsin History Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians Anishinaabe mythology Gods of the indigenous peoples of North America Creator gods Names of God Nature gods