Dr. Munro merely quotes this foolish use of the term totem by others. From Wordnik.com. [The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore] Reference
This, of course, is a Haida totem from the Queen Charlotte Islands. From Wordnik.com. [Endangered Spaces: The Future for Wilderness in Canada] Reference
The word totem, from the Native American Ojibway language, was noted in the early 1770s ina North American traveler's report. From Wordnik.com. [Totem] Reference
Like the woolly rhinoceros, whose spirit he called his totem, Broud could be as stubborn as he could be unpredictably vicious. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
So what if her totem is the Cave Lion, Broud thought petulantly. From Wordnik.com. [The Clan of the Cave Bear]
A totem was a creature, plant or animal that the tribe believed they descended from. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
My totem is the Gos uber- shortwing so I guess I am a hopeless shortwinger at heart. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-08-01] Reference
A man is born a wolf of the Delawares, his totem is the wolf, he cannot help himself. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mythology] Reference
The totem is a black, industrial-style metal bar that unlocks stuff on the web, right?. From Wordnik.com. [Lost At E Minor: For creative people] Reference
Every warrior has his crest, which is called his totem, and is painted on his tombstone. From Wordnik.com. [Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion] Reference
Whether the totem was a kangaroo or an emu, a rat or a bat, a hawk or a cockatoo, a bee or. From Wordnik.com. [The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia] Reference
Totemism constitutes the group of superstitions and customs of which the totem is the centre. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
For a nagual, as I have shown, is one thing and a totem is another; nor am I aware that Zulus are totemists. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mythology] Reference
"No, we belong to our mother's totem, which is that of the Beaver, for no one may belong to the totem of his father.". From Wordnik.com. [At War with Pontiac The Totem of the Bear] Reference
By day, the totem was a stark reminder to all who saw it of the immense power of Malys, the dragon overlord who had built it. From Wordnik.com. [Dragons Of A Vanished Moon]
This emblem, called totem by the Algonquins, is often tattooed on the clansman's body, or rudely painted over the entrance of his lodge. From Wordnik.com. [The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century] Reference
So our 'totem' or symbol is Buckeye, 'or the' Horse-Chestnut. '. From Wordnik.com. [How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl] Reference
But then I thought you might freak out instead of embracing your 'totem' animal. xo. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrity Toilet Watch 2007] Reference
What kind of totem, what kind of prayer, what kind of dance?. From Wordnik.com. [post-gazette.com - News] Reference
They often appeal to their "totem," as if it were a surname. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers]
But totemism is a fact, whether 'totem' originally meant a clan-mark or sign-board in America or not. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mythology] Reference
If so, the bear may have been the "totem" of the Arthur tribe represented by the Scottish clan of MacArthurs. From Wordnik.com. [Myths of Babylonia and Assyria] Reference
The white owl came to me in a very significant dream when I was young and has long been a personal "totem" of mine. From Wordnik.com. [Real Lawyers Have Blogs] Reference
He had to look no further for a definition, an authoritative definition, than to 'totem' in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, or to. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Mythology] Reference
From that point on, the giraffe became a kind of totem, symbolizing the slightly awkward, outsider character that I felt I was that day. From Wordnik.com. [Writers Plot] Reference
This one is called the totem badge. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 5, 2007] Reference
They're using the Power Rangers almost as a totem of power and playing their own dramas based on that. From Wordnik.com. [No Tickle Me Elmo This Year] Reference
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