Definition of Totemistic. Meaning of Totemistic. Synonyms of Totemistic

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Definition of Totemistic

Totemistic
Totemist To"tem*ist, n. One belonging to a clan or tribe having a totem. -- To`tem*is"tic, a.

Meaning of Totemistic from wikipedia

- origin of the totemistic phenomenon but sought to indicate that all of the human race had, in ancient times, gone through a totemistic stage. Another...
- connection, numerous names containing wulf "wolf" have been taken as totemistic, expressing ****ociation with Odin in the earliest period, although -ulf...
- In Australian Aboriginal art, a Dreaming is a totemistic design or artwork, which can be owned by a tribal group or individual. This usage of anthropologist...
- divided into a number of exogamous clans called Kootams, each of which is totemistic. Medieval poet Kambar is said to have given their kula and gotra (kin...
- petroglyphs or cave paintings from the Upper Paleolithic, in shamanistic or totemistic contexts. Ethnologist Ivar Lissner theorized that cave paintings of beings...
- Kabria and Saharia Ganda, which are further divided into a number of totemistic exogamous clans (bansa) like bagh,sika, nag, and podha. They practise...
- what Morlun is and where he comes from. According to Ezekiel, as long as totemistic forces have walked the earth, there have also been those who have fed...
- sociologist Wolfram Eberhard calls Yang the "Monkey Clan", citing the totemistic myth recorded in the Soushenji and Fayuan Zhulin that the Yangs living...
- Mahar),Gondvanshi, Kadvanshi and Kosare etc. These subcaste names are not totemistic. Some of the subcaste names represent the territory they controlled or...
- scholarship is that it may derive from *herut ("hart"), which may have had totemistic significance for the group. Another hypothesis—proposed in the 19th century...