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Definition of Totemists
1. totemist [n] - See also: totemist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Totemists
Literary usage of Totemists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jesus and the Christian Religion by Francis Augustus Henry (1916)
"Such association points to an origin in totemism, but that the ancestors of the
Greeks were totemists is not dependent on this inference. ..."
2. Orpheus: A General History of Religions by Salomon Reinach (1909)
"Of course these are all survivals only ; the Jews were unconscious totemists.
... they must have ceased to be totemists, in the strict sense of the word, ..."
3. Modern Mythology by Andrew Lang (1897)
"I am not at all bigoted in the opinion that the --Greeks may have once been
totemists. The strongest presumption in favour of the hypothesis is the many V ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... common and well-known totem among savage tribes and the inference that at some
early period the Anglo-Saxons had been totemists is almost irresistible. ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... common and well-known totem among savage tribes and the inference that at some
early period the Anglo-Saxons had been totemists is almost irresistible. ..."
6. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"They arc all customs or beliefs which totemists do practise, yet the animal name
may be a mere nickname ; the wearing of animal skins may have a magical ..."
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