Definition of Totem. Meaning of Totem. Synonyms of Totem

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Definition of Totem

Totem
Totem To"tem, n. [Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to which a person or place belongs.] A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan. And they painted on the grave posts Of the graves, yet unforgotten, Each his own ancestral totem Each the symbol of his household; Figures of the bear and reindeer, Of the turtle, crane, and beaver. --Longfellow. The totem,the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernatural way attends to the clan and watches over it. --Bagehot.

Meaning of Totem from wikipedia

- A totem (from Ojibwe: ᑑᑌᒼ or ᑑᑌᒻ doodem) is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family,...
- Totem poles (Haida: gyáaʼaang) are monumental carvings found in western Canada and the northwestern United States. They are a type of Northwest Coast...
- The TOTEM experiment (TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement) is one of the nine detector experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider...
- Look up totem in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A totem is a symbol or a spirit that represents and watches over a group of people. Totem may also refer...
- Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics, or Totem and Taboo: Some Points of Agreement between the Mental Lives...
- Tótem is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Lila Avilés. The film depicts the story of seven-year-old Sol, who is spending the day at her grandfather's...
- A totem pole is an Indigenous, Native American artifact. Totem pole may refer to: Ed Galloway's Totem Pole Park, in Rogers County, Oklahoma Totem pole...
- Totem is a 2017 American supernatural horror film directed by Marcel Sarmiento and starring Kerris Dorsey, Ahna O’Reilly and James Tupper. The film is...
- The Totem is a horror novel by David Morrell, first published in 1979. It was Morrell's fifth published book, preceded by three novels and one work of...
- Shava is an animal totem variant of the Mhofu/Mpofu, which is the name of the eland deer-like animal in Southern Africa. Shava is often ****ociated with...