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Oranda vs Orenda - What's the difference?

oranda | orenda |

As nouns the difference between oranda and orenda

is that oranda is goldfish characterized by a prominent raspberry-like hood encasing its head while orenda is a mystical power thought to pervade all things.

oranda

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Goldfish characterized by a prominent raspberry-like hood encasing its head.
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    orenda

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A mystical power thought to pervade all things.
  • * 1920 George Willis Cooke - The Social Evolution of Religion
    • In the Handbook of American Indians, Alice Fletcher describes the Iroquois conception of orenda as "a fictive force, principle, or magic power"

    See also

    * mana, wakan

    References