Demythifying God: Great Spirit: Saturn in North America.

I've decided to split my "Saturn: The Demon Deity Unveiled" post into separate posts, mainly due to the weird fact that I cannot seem to edit that post anymore. Maybe I added too much stuff to that post? Either way, I hope that splitting that massive post up will be easier for people to read.

Sunset over tranqual water by Johan Swanepoel (2015) (Pacific Prints):

The creator god of Native America is called the Great Spirit. When Christians first met the Native Americans, they called the Great Spirit the Christian god. In fact, "many Native American people consider the Great Spirit and the Christian God to be one and the same." However, not every Native American believed this, saying that "today's notion of the Great Spirit was commonly constructed by [Christian] missionaries." Like the Christian god, however, the Great Spirit has many names. This is due to many Native American tribes worshipping him (Native Languages of the Americas, 1998, Native American Indian Legends and Stories About the Great Spirit).

Despite the condemnations of some Native Americans, the Great Spirit is the same entity as the Christian god. Out of all the names of the Great Spirit given, we will focus on one name in particular: Gitchi Manitou, also spelled as Gichi Manidoo (Native Languages of the Americas, 1998, Native American Legends: Gitchi Manitou) (Native Languages of the Americas, 1998, Native American Indian Legends and Stories About the Great Spirit). Gitchi Manitou, whose "name literally means Great Spirit," is the god of the Algonquian tribes. He started out as having no gender and was "abstract," but later on he became a masculine deity. He was also equated to the Christian god (Native Languages of the Americas, 1998, Native American Legends: Gitchi Manitou). In the Ojibwe Creation Story, Gitchi Manitou "created plants, animals, and people (in his image) and placed them on the Earth." When humans started to cause trouble, Gitchi Manitou sent a flood "to cleanse the Earth." The humans perished, except for the "semi-divine being" Wenebojo (Study.com, Native American Creation Myths Stories and Beliefs, Native American Creations Myths: The Ojibwe Creation Story, para. 1).

Just to note, the Native American Chickasaw tribe called Gitchi Manitou "Ababinili" ("'one who sits above' or 'dwells above'"). However, "under Christian influence," he was given the name "Inki Abu" ("Father Above"). Ababinili was a creator, and sun, god (Native Languages of the Americas, 1998, Native American Legends: Ababinili) (The Chickasaw Nation, Religion, para. 3). Hmm... Inki Abu? Enki and Apsu-Abzu? Enki, is that you!?

The Great Spirit of the Native American religion was Saturn.

Links:

Native Languages of the Americas. 1998. Native American Indian Legends and Stories About the Great Spirit:

http://www.native-languages.org/great-spirit.htm

Native Languages of the Americas. 1998. Native American Legends: Gitchi Manitou:

http://www.native-languages.org/gitchi-manitou.htm

Study.com. Native American Creation Myths Stories and Beliefs:

https://study.com/academy/lesson/native-american-creation-myths.html#:~:text=According%20to%20Ojibwe%20bwlief%2C%20The,other%20and%20the%20natural%20world.

Native Languages of the Americas. 1998. Native American Legends: Ababinili:

http://www.native-languages.org/morelegends/ababinili.htm

The Chickasaw Nation. Religion:

https://www.chickasaw.net/Our-Nation/Culture/Religion