The Great Spirit
The Cherokee revered the Great Spirit,simply referred to as Unelanuhi or "the Apportioner," who presided over all things and created the Earth.
Great Spirit was said to be omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient. She was called Apportioner and Creator, and was said to have made the earth to provide for her children.
The Wahnenauhi Manuscript says that God is Unahlahnauhi, meaning "maker of all things" and Kalvlvtiahi, meaning "The one who lives above"
James mooney's Sacred formulas of the Cherokees says that Unelanuhi translates "The Apportioner" which was referring to the sun.
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