| Like orenda it manifests itself in noises, but specially mysterious ones, it is mana that is rustling in the trees. |
| If an animal escapes from a hunter who is pursuing it, it is because the orenda of the former was the more powerful. |
| The Huron word orenda, for example, is a complex word that is similar to the notion of prayer but is not quite as submissive as that. |
| The Iroquoian term orenda, like mana, designates a power that is inherent in numerous objects of nature. |
| The Algonquian term manitou, the Iroquoian orenda, and the Siouan wakanda all refer to it. |
| This notion of orenda, a sort of pan-vitalism, is more fluid than animism, and probably precedes it. |
