power animal
Shamanic guardian creature
A power animal is a spirit guide in animal form, drawn from certain Indigenous spiritual traditions and adapted into New Age practice.
The animal supposedly offers protection, wisdom, or personal qualities to the person it guides.
Someone might discover their power animal through meditation, dreams, or shamanic journeying: Her power animal is a wolf.
The concept overlaps with totem animals and spirit animals.
Spiritual clan symbol
- spirit guideSupernatural personal protector
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- shamanicOf spirit-world intermediaries
- meditationFocused attention practice
vision quest · protector · intuition · wisdom · inner guide · sacred · channeling · dreamwork
Mediation between worlds
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
- indigenousOriginating in a region
ritual · tradition · ceremony · elder · heritage · animism · First Nations · ancestral wisdom
Original model for copies
- representationDepiction or likeness
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- meaningWhat something signifies
- qualitiesDistinguishing traits or features
traits · characteristics · metaphor · attribute · significance · totemic · icon · allegory
Cards for spiritual guidance
- tarotDivination card set
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
- energy workHealing through unseen forces
- manifestationOutward display of something
self-discovery · wellness · divination · workshop · retreat · journaling · affirmation · mindfulness
totem
Spiritual clan symbol
- spirit guideSupernatural personal protector
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- shamanicOf spirit-world intermediaries
meditation · vision quest · protector · intuition · wisdom · inner guide · sacred · channeling · dreamwork · ceremonial
shamanism
Mediation between worlds
- tribeSocial group sharing ancestry
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- Native AmericanOriginal inhabitants of America
indigenous · ritual · tradition · ceremony · elder · heritage · animism · First Nations · ancestral wisdom · medicine wheel
archetype
Original model for copies
- representationDepiction or likeness
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- meaningWhat something signifies
qualities · traits · characteristics · metaphor · attribute · significance · totemic · icon · allegory · interpretation
oracle cards
Cards for spiritual guidance
- tarotDivination card set
- crystalOrdered-atom solid
- energy workHealing through unseen forces
manifestation · self-discovery · wellness · divination · workshop · retreat · journaling · affirmation · mindfulness · holistic
- Native Folklorecreation myth, creation story, thunderbird, windigo, totem
- shamanismshamans, shaman, spirit guide, medicine man, medicine woman
- totemstotem pole, totem poles, spirit animals, clan symbols, clan crest
- spirit guidesspirit guide, guardian angel, wolf spirit, fox spirit, ancestor spirit
- familiarsblack cat, toad, raven, crow, imp
power animalpet
Domesticated household companion
demon · domesticated animal · evil spirit · livestock · farm animal
power animaldemon
Malevolent supernatural being
evil spirit · tormentor · shadow self · inner demon · weakness
power, animal, powerful, animated, animation, empower, animate, powerless, powers