 A totem is a class of material objects which a savage regards with superstitious respect, believing that there exists between him and every member of the class an intimate and altogether special relation...  The Religion of the Primitives - Page 59by Alexandre Le Roy - 1922 - 334 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Science - 1890 - 980 pages
...loses its thick, ness, and they appear as if without life. TOTEMS are defined by Mr. JG Fraser as " a class of material objects which a savage regards...class an intimate and altogether special relation." They are tribal emblems, family symbols, signals of nationality, expressions of religion, bonds of... | |
 | Indians of North America - 1908 - 272 pages
...du prince de Galles composent le doniaine. / • * 2. Rappelons que la definition du totemisme : « A totem is a class of material objects which a savage regards with superstitions respects, belreving that there exists between himself and every member of the class an... | |
 | James George Frazer - Attachment behavior - 1887 - 112 pages
...also A. Bastiau, Zur naiurwisscnschafllichen Bchandlungsweise der Psychologic, p. 128 sq. TOTEMISM. A TOTEM is a class of material objects which a savage...class an intimate and altogether special relation. The name is derived from an Ojibway (Chippeway) word totem, the correct spelling of which is somewhat... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1888 - 900 pages
...FRAZER, MA, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and of the Middle Temple, Barri ater-at -Law. A Totere is a class of material objects which a savage regards...class an intimate and altogether special relation. The name is derived from an Ojibway (Chippeway) word, totem. Edinburgh : ADAM & CHARLES BLACK. DR.... | |
 | ANZAAS (Association) - Australia - 1890 - 820 pages
...the Encyclopedia Britannica, gives the following descriptions and definitions of a TotemJ : — " 1. A Totem is a class of material objects which a savage...class an intimate and altogether special relation. 2. The connection between a man and his Totem is mutually beneficent ; the Totem protects the man,... | |
 | England - 1890 - 924 pages
...or kindred had its totem. Totems are defined by Mr. Frazer, in his learned work on the subject, as "a class of material objects, which a savage regards...class an intimate and altogether special relation." The members of a totem clan commonly regard themselves as actually descended from the totem. If the... | |
 | American periodicals - 1890 - 978 pages
...or kindred had its totem. Totems are defined by Mr. Frazer, in his learned work on the subject, as " a class of material objects, which a savage regards...class an intimate and altogether special relation." The members of a totem clan commonly regard themselves as actually descended from the totem. If the... | |
 | Science - 1890 - 924 pages
...body loses its thickness, and they appear as if without life. TOTEMS are defined by Mr. JG Fraser as " a class of material objects which a savage regards...class an intimate and altogether special relation." They are tribal emblems, family symbols, signals of nationality, expressions of religion, bonds of... | |
 | ANZAAS (Association). Meeting - Science - 1890 - 824 pages
...the Encyclopedia jBritanniea, gives the following descriptions and definitions of a TotemJ : — " 1. A Totem is a class of material objects which a savage...superstitious respect, believing that there exists l>etween him and every member of the class an intimate and altogether special relation. 2. The connection... | |
 | Sir William Martin Conway - Archaeology - 1891 - 212 pages
...was Totemism. Totems are usually, but not always, animals. They have been defined by Mr. Fraser as ' a class of material objects, which a savage regards...class an intimate and altogether special relation.' As a rule all the members of a tribe or tribal subdivision regard all of one kind of animal as their... | |
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