Sentence example with the word 'totemism'

totemism

Definition n. belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem

Last update: October 13, 2015


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Frazer, " The Beginnings of Religion and Totemism among the Australian Aborigines," Fortnightly Review, July 1905; N.   [Please select]

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First, it may be said that in _primitive religions_, notably in fetichism, tabooism, and totemism, there is no recognition of a cosmical unity.   [Please select]

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[D] The Guide will remember that Totemism and Tabuism were ideas which grew up long after the use of Totems began.   [Please select]

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PhenĂ© read a paper "On Recent Remains of Totemism in Scotland."   [Please select]

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He defined Totemism as a form of idolatry; a totem was either a living creature or a representation of one, mostly an animal, very seldom a man.   [Please select]

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It would be surprising, therefore, if an animal so striking, and one that has figured so largely in Indian totemism and folk-lore, should not have received attention at the hands of the Mound-Builders.   [Please select]

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