Examples Of Pantheism In Pocahontas

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The movie my group and I picked for our presentation and paper is Pocahontas. This movie shows pantheism throughout the story. The story begins in the Powhatan tribe in Tsenacommacah, North America. The daughter of the Powhatan chief is Pocahontas. Powhatan then gives Pocahontas her mother's necklace as a present. Pocahontas and her friends, Meeko the raccoon and Flit the hummingbird visit Grandmother Willow. Grandmother willow is a spiritual talking willow tree that talks to her about what her path in life should be. Grandmother Willow then warns Pocahontas to the English that are coming.
The English settlers land and begin to dig for gold under the orders of the leader of the expedition named Ratcliffe. John smith explores the wilderness …show more content…

The story shows how god is in everything through the plot. The willow tree in the story referred to as Grandmother willow shows pantheism because she is the god like figure in the story that is giving Pocahontas and Smith advice on how to stop the feud between the tribe and english setters. She is a tree that is speaking to them so it is like nature speaking to them. Another thing in the story that shows pantheism is Meeko the raccoon and Flit the hummingbird, her two best friends in the story. The fact that her two best friends are animals shows that humans interact with animals as a companion and not only as a pet and providing food. The main example of pantheism in the story is the “Colors of the Wind”. This is a song about how everything has emotions and feelings and are connected to each other. She sings every rock, tree, creature has a life, spirit and name. According to her even rocks have names and spirits. She also sings the rain storms and rivers are my brothers and that they are in a hoop that never ends. Here she is even calling rainstorms and rivers her brothers meaning they are close and work together. The whole song is about being a part of nature not trying to own it. She is asking if you can be apart of the world that the natives lived and not destroy

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