What does totem mean?

The so-called totem means that people in primitive times regarded an animal, plant or abiotic as their relatives, ancestors or protectors. I believe that they have a supernatural power, they can protect themselves, and they can also gain strength and skills. In the eyes of primitive people, totem is actually a personalized object of worship. Totem, as the object of worship, lies not in its natural image itself, but in its blood relationship.

Totem: [tú téng]?

Transliteration of English totems. It comes from Hindi, which means "his kin". In primitive society, people regarded the figure of a natural object as the patron saint and symbol of their clan, which is called totem.

Guo Moruo's Investigation of Silk Paintings in the Late Zhou Dynasty: "Phoenix is a mysterious bird and a totem of the Yin people. Gee, I thought it was a dragon by mistake, it was the totem of Xia people. "

Make a sentence

1. The kinship of tribes is determined by their totems. ?

2. Belief of a group of people who are related by blood and have the same totem. ?

3. The ancestors of Zhuang nationality took frogs as totems.

4、? An image of such an object.

Totem, as the object of worship, mainly lies not in its natural image itself, but in its blood relationship.