The Origin of Totem Names and Beliefs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8933660 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Lang (0009-0006-6741-666X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1902 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 347-397 |
| Publication date | 1902-12-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-587X • E-ISSN: 1469-8315 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0015587x.1902.9719321 |
| OpenAlex | W2312195894 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
TOTEM names are the titles of groups of kindred, real or imagined ; they are derived from animals, plants, and other natural objects; they appear among tribes who reckon descent either on the sword or spindle side, and the totem name of each group is usually (but not in the case of the Arunta) the mark of the exogamous limit.None may marry a person of the same totem name.But, in company with this prohibition, is found a body of myths, superstitions, rites, magical practices, and artistic uses of the totem. 11 At to the word " totem" but little in certainly known, It* earliest occurrence in literature, to my knowledge, is in a work by J. Lonjf ("1791), Voyages and 7 ravels of an Indian Interpreter, I,ong sojourned among the Algonquin branch of the North American Indians.He spells the word " Totam," and even speaks of " Totamism."Mr. Tylor has pointed out that Long in one place confuses the totem, the hereditary kin-name, and pro tective object, with what used to be called the manitu, or " medicine," of each individual Indian, chosen by him, or her, after a fast, at puberty
Archaeology · Folklore · Genealogy · Totem · African history and culture analysis · Ancient Near East History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1971 - 2018 (48) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |