n. [ Massachusetts Indian wutohtimoin that to which a person or place belongs. ] 1. A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan; also, the object or animal itself, considered as an symbol of the family. [ 1913 Webster ]
And they painted on the grave posts Of the graves, yet unforgotten, Each his own ancestral totem Each the symbol of his household; Figures of the bear and reindeer, Of the turtle, crane, and beaver. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
The totem, the clan deity, the beast or bird who in some supernatural way attends to the clan and watches over it. Bagehot. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Anything which serves as a venerated or mystic symbol or emblem. [ PJC ]
{ or }. A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the Koluschan stock. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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