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Definition of Totems
1. totem [n] - See also: totem
Lexicographical Neighbors of Totems
Literary usage of Totems
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"But where, as in the north and centre, he has an elaborate philosophy of spirits,
there the primal totems exude spirits which arc incarnated in women. ..."
2. The Native Tribes of Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen (1899)
"CHAPTER IV THE totems Every individual is born into some totem—Variations in the
significance of the- totems in different parts of Australia—totems of the ..."
3. Traditional Ojibwa Religion and Its Historical Changes by Christopher Vecsey (1983)
"totems Another means to traditional Ojibwa social identity was the totem animal,
... Long confused totems (patrilinear family marks which promoted exogamy) ..."
4. The Northern Tribes of Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer, Francis James Gillen (1904)
"CHAPTER VI SACRED CEREMONIES CONNECTED WITH THE totems Ceremonies in the Arunta
tribe—Use of Churinga in connection with them— Performance of ceremonies of ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"But where, as in the north and centre, he has an elaborate philosophy of spirits,
there the primal totems exude spirits which are incarnated in women. ..."
6. Traditional Ojibwa Religion and Its Historical Changes by Christopher Vecsey (1983)
"totems Another means to traditional Ojibwa social identity was the totem animal,
... Long confused totems (patrilinear family marks which promoted exogamy) ..."
7. Canadian Savage Folk: The Native Tribes of Canada by John MacLean (1896)
"The effigy-builders shaped their totems in extensive mounds of earth, resembling
the animal or bird totem. The head-dress of the hunter or warrior might ..."
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