totem animals
Clan symbol beasts
Totem animals are creatures believed to serve as spiritual guides or symbolic representatives of a person, family, or clan.
The concept draws from Indigenous traditions but has been widely adopted in New Age spirituality, where people identify with animals whose traits they admire or feel connected to: Her totem animal is the wolf.
The term often appears in personality quizzes and self-help contexts.
- shamanismMediation between worlds
- vision questRite seeking supernatural guidance
- animismSpirits inhabit all things
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- ancestral spiritsSouls of deceased kin
spirit realm · archetype · tribe · guardian · inner guide · animal guide · spirit guide · totemism · power animal · sacred animal · wisdom · dreamwork · strength · meditation · transformation · trickster · ceremony · courage
- Aboriginal CultureDreamtime, songlines, corroboree, dreaming, totems
- ancient religiongods, goddesses, pantheon, deity, polytheism
- Indigenous AustraliansAboriginal, Dreamtime, traditional lands, Dreaming, corroboree
- Aboriginal Australiaboomerang, didgeridoo, corroboree, songlines, song lines
- animal folkloreanimal myths, animal fables, animal spirits, animal totems, animal symbolism
- tribal folkloretribal legends, tribal lore, origin stories, ancestral stories, epic tales
totem animalslivestock
Domesticated farm animals
farm animals · vermin · pests · roadkill · beasts of burden
totem animalsdomesticated animals
Species bred for human use
draft animals · beasts of burden · livestock · breeding stock · circus animals
totem animalspets
Domesticated companion animals
domesticated animals · animal products · companion animals · lap dogs · house cats