- EAN13
- 9782381116617
- Éditeur
- Human and Literature Publishing
- Date de publication
- 04/09/2023
- Langue
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
Livre numérique
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Aide EAN13 : 9782381116617
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The question of the origin of totemism has more than the merely curious or
antiquarian interest of an historic or prehistoric mystery. In the course of
the inquiry we may be able to discern and discriminate the relative
contributions of unreflecting passion, on one hand, and of deliberate reason,
on the other, to the structure of the earliest extant form of human society.
The word ‘Totem’ is taken from the language of a tribe living near Lake
Superior, in North America. It signifies the symbol or device of a gens or
tribal division, that by which it is distinguished from all other such
divisions. The kind of objects used as totems by the aborigines of North
America may be seen from the names of the gentes into which the Ojibwa tribe
is divided. These are twenty-three in number, and the totemic devices
belonging to them comprise nine quadrupeds (the chief of which are the Wolf,
the Bear, the Beaver, and the Turtle), eight birds, five fishes, and one
reptile, the snake. There are numerous other totems among the American tribes,
and they are not taken from the animal kingdom only...
antiquarian interest of an historic or prehistoric mystery. In the course of
the inquiry we may be able to discern and discriminate the relative
contributions of unreflecting passion, on one hand, and of deliberate reason,
on the other, to the structure of the earliest extant form of human society.
The word ‘Totem’ is taken from the language of a tribe living near Lake
Superior, in North America. It signifies the symbol or device of a gens or
tribal division, that by which it is distinguished from all other such
divisions. The kind of objects used as totems by the aborigines of North
America may be seen from the names of the gentes into which the Ojibwa tribe
is divided. These are twenty-three in number, and the totemic devices
belonging to them comprise nine quadrupeds (the chief of which are the Wolf,
the Bear, the Beaver, and the Turtle), eight birds, five fishes, and one
reptile, the snake. There are numerous other totems among the American tribes,
and they are not taken from the animal kingdom only...
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