Orenda /ˈoʊrɛndə/ is an Iroquois name for a spiritual power inherent in people and their environment., Activities of nature were seen to be a "ceaseless struggle of one orenda against another, uttered and directed by the beings or bodies" in the environment. Orenda was deemed a motive force behind miracles, soothsaying, divination, prophesy, blessing, cursing, prayer, worship, and superstitions. Orenda is not a collective power and does not have a personification.