totemism

• Système de croyances dans lequel un groupe de personnes entretient une relation de parenté ou d'affiliation spirituelle avec un totem, souvent un animal, une plante ou un objet naturel, servant de symbole clanique ou tribal.

A belief system involving the kinship of a group of people with a common totem, often associated with spiritual or ancestral connections.

indénombrable

1. Belief in kinship with a totemC1formal

   A system of belief in which a group of people consider themselves to be spiritually or ancestrally connected to a common totem, often an animal or plant.

   totémisme

   • Totemism is a central aspect of many indigenous cultures.
   • The clan's totemism dictated their social rules and taboos.
   • Anthropologists study totemism to understand early social structures.