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Totemism

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Division of a race into tribes, each of which has its own Totem, or animal, as the symbol of it and the name, and as such treated with superstitious veneration, as involving religious obligation.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Totemism'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​t/totemism.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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