Orenda
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Orenda
Anthropologist J. N. B. Hewitt notes intrinsic similarities between the Haudenosaunee concept of Orenda and that of the Siouxan wakan or mahopa; the Algonquin manitowi, and the pokunt of the Shoshone. Across the Iroquois tribes, the concept was referred to variously as orenna or karenna by the Mohawk, Cayuga, and Oneida; urente by the Tuscarora, and iarenda or orenda by the Huron.
Orenda is present in nature: storms are said to possess orenda. A strong connection exists between prayers and songs and orenda. Through song, a bird, a shaman, or a rabbit puts forth orenda.[4]
See also
- Manitou, similar concept among Algonquian peoples
- Mana
- Indigenous American philosophy
- Ecopsychology
- Spiritual ecology
Footnotes
- ^ Hewitt 1902.
- ^ "orenda". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ nature worship. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ^ Hewitt 1902, p. 40-43.
References
- Hewitt, J. N. B. (1902). "Orenda and a Definition of Religion". American Anthropologist. 4 (1): 33–46. JSTOR 658926.