orenda
noun
oren·da
ōˈrendə
plural -s
: extraordinary invisible power believed by the Iroquois Indians to pervade in varying degrees all animate and inanimate natural objects as a transmissible spiritual energy capable of being exerted according to the will of its possessor
a successful hunter's orenda overcomes that of his quarry
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