About The Word Totem
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Totem
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What's The Definition Of Totem?
[n] emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)
[n] a clan identified by their kinship to a common totemic object Synonyms | Synonyms for Totem: Related Terms | Find terms related to Totem: See Also | clan | emblem | kin | kin group | kindred | kinship group | tribe Totem In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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