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MANITOU

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 586 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MANITOU  or MANITO (Algonquian

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Indian, "
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mystery," " supernatural "), among certain
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American Indian tribes, a spirit or
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genius of
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good or evil . The manitou is almost always an
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animal, each individual having one assigned him, generally by
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dream-
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inspiration, at the greatest religious
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act of his life—his first fast . This animal then becomes his fetish; its skin is carried as a
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charm, and representations of it are tattooed and painted on the
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body or engraved on the weapons .

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