tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post852182191063333465..comments2024-02-19T07:06:52.139-05:00Comments on Twilight Language: Manitou: Fires of the Great SpiritLoren Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10705306131201565523noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-40942821027781517712012-07-11T17:40:43.004-04:002012-07-11T17:40:43.004-04:00Manitou Cave is in Fort Payne, AL,
in DeKalb Count...Manitou Cave is in Fort Payne, AL,<br />in DeKalb County. I know I have read somewhere that the old story was<br />the Cherokees thought the Great Spirit lived there. It was a tourist attraction early in the 20th century.Travis Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08942409118183618971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-25882019659198104312012-06-26T13:21:10.206-04:002012-06-26T13:21:10.206-04:00Manitou can be translated to mean any spirit in ge...Manitou can be translated to mean any spirit in general, and not the Great Spirit. When we talk about the Great Spirit, it is mentioned specifically: "Gitchi-Manitou," "Gitchi" meaning great. Conversely, when we mention the Devil, or Bad Spirit, it is also a specific reference: "Maji-Manitou," "Maji" meaning bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9409160.post-12413139096811600832012-06-26T06:14:55.658-04:002012-06-26T06:14:55.658-04:00North Manitou Island, off Leelanau Peninsula, Lake...North Manitou Island, off Leelanau Peninsula, Lake Michigan, Michigan is a place of wonder, but the NA's would not spend the night there. I've spent weeks there and it never stops calling me to return.Smokebenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380800019128330947noreply@blogger.com