Motif
totemic animal or insect linked to social divisions
totemic_animal_or_insect_linked_to_social_divisions
A motif of the Sacred Law and Social Order family, within the sub-family Taboo and Ritual Restriction. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
comparative
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Comparative Religion (Vol. 2 of 2) CONTENTS / NOTE. OFFERINGS OF FIRST-FRUITS. / INDEX. / FOOTNOTES; lines 15286-15398 confidence: high
A source is cited on Australian ceremonies of initiation, and “class-name” is glossed as the name of the totemic division to which a man belongs.
The passage identifies class-names as totemic divisions, a wolf as forming a Toukawe totem clan, and insects as totems of exogamous classes.
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