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What is a totem?

totem

(of water) vast and torrential

[Totem] transliteration name. It comes from Hindi, which means "his family". People use certain animals, plants or other things as symbols of their families or tribes.

Totem system

téng chóngbài

[Totem worship] believes that groups or individuals are related to a totem.

totem pole

túténg Zhu

【 Totem Column 】 In front of the houses of Indian tribes (especially Trinket and Skatebatan clans) on the northwest coast of North America, pillars or columns carved and painted with symbolic images representing family lineage are often interspersed with myths or historical events.