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- noun Plural form of
totem .
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Examples
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Dream invaders use "totems" - one-of-a-kind objects only they would know about
Wired Top Stories 2010
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Symbols of these natural ancestors, known as totems, are often associated with clans (groups of families tracing common descent).
totemism 2002
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The Zuni are also divided into clans, the totems of which agree closely with those of the Moquis, and one of their totems is the turtle.
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Accordingly in the tribes of South-Eastern Australia which we have been considering the bat and the owl, the emu-wren and the superb warbler, may properly be described as totems of the sexes.
Chapter 67. The External Soul in Folk-Custom. § 3. The External Soul in Animals 1922
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The Zuni are also divided into clans, the totems of which agree closely with those of the Moquis, and one of their totems is the turtle.
Chapter 52. Killing the Divine Animal. § 4. Killing the Sacred Turtles 1922
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Accordingly in the tribes of South-Eastern Australia which we have been considering the bat and the owl, the emu-wren and the superb warbler, may properly be described as totems of the sexes.
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Accordingly in the tribes of South-Eastern Australia which we have been considering the bat and the owl, the emu-wren and the superb warbler, may properly be described as totems of the sexes.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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The Zuni are also divided into clans, the totems of which agree closely with those of the Moquis, and one of their totems is the turtle.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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Companies find themselves caught up on what Freud called "totems and taboos".
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Accordingly in the tribes of South-Eastern Australia which we have been considering the bat and the owl, the emu-wren and the superb warbler, may properly be described as totems of the sexes.
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