| 单词 | totemic |
| 例句 | The global trade network of today is based on our trust in such fictional entities as the dollar, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the totemic trademarks of corporations. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If ever there was a totemic memory that encompassed the man, it was that day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z For Bobby, the building was a totemic destination since it also contained the offices of the U.S. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Interspersed amid these totemic items were stray Q-tips and cotton balls, lip liners, Max Factor eye makeup, mascara, blush, and everything else I used in a losing battle to make myself beautiful. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Six, a design gallery in Milan, paid tribute to Ettore Sottsass, the father of the Memphis movement, with totemic ceramic sculptures. The Most Wondrous Things at the Milan Furniture Fair 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Today Abbey Road Studios remains a totemic location for artists wanting a bit of classicism: hence the successful Live from Abbey Road TV series. 80 years of Abbey Road 2012-06-09T23:04:05Z Mills evokes his boyhood period in a flurry of details: a Talking Heads: 77 T-shirt; a totemic copy of Our Bodies, Ourselves; a primitive pregnancy-test kit; Jimmy Carter’s “Malaise” speech of 1979. 20th Century Women: a cinematic tribute to late-70s optimism 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z The other challenge is the show’s totemic status to a generation that feels ownership over Magenta, the Thinking Chair, Mrs. Pepper and the other inhabitants of Blue’s storybook world. ‘Blue’s Clues’ Returns, and Silence Is Still the Star 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z But those pieces still capture some of the totemic quality that makes the larger trio so enthralling. 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z Some of the most satisfying scenes are of Earl just driving, largely because Eastwood is a totemic presence; he’s also 88 now. ‘The Mule’ Review: Clint Eastwood’s Very Strange Drug Trip 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z It opens with a warm salutation “Innochka, my dear love” and expresses the wish that their journey together of over a quarter century should endure until the totemic age of 120. In the Papers of Yiddish Novelist Chaim Grade, Clues to His Lesser Fame 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z That cycle will now take place in five programs over the coming months, with most of these totemic works preceded by shorter new pieces. Review: Carnegie Hall Reopens With a Blaze From Philadelphia 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z There was something innocent about investing these words with totemic power. An L.A. Artist Who Anticipated Our Trumpian Moment 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z The car is going fast enough to stir the trees, but not an inch on Boyle’s fleshy, totemic face moves, his apparent slumber disturbed only by the crunch and bang of a tremendous crash. | 'The Guard': Mismatched Partners in a Crime Comedy 2011-07-29T00:26:25Z It depicts a frog and has a totemic dimension, but sometimes suggests two people reverberating through time and space. Museum & Gallery Listings for Dec. 4-10 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z His hero this time isn’t a totemic national figure, as in his 2012 film, “Lincoln,” but instead is someone whose name is barely known: James Donovan, played by Tom Hanks. Steven Spielberg on the Cold War and Other Hollywood Front Lines 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Anthony Cartwright: 'Thatcher was such a divisive and totemic figure'. Anthony Cartwright: 'The title is intended to provoke a reaction' 2012-08-04T23:05:22Z Crowds surrounded a small army of gangly, totemic wood sculptures enlivened with clothing, animal skulls and paint. The Artist Jimmie Durham: A Long Time Gone, but Welcomed Back 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z And Aaron Curry’s abstracted images of a bird, a bull and a horned man, made of brightly painted plates of steel shaped and assembled like Alexander Calder works, are cheerfully totemic. Art Review: Pondering Sculpture Under the Trees 2010-08-26T20:00:00Z It seemed totemic that one also made its way into this picture.” From Geoffrey Chadsey, a Visual Diary of the Last Days of Summer 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Because of Rothko’s suicide, in 1970, there are the additional readings of his classic sectional paintings, with their totemic weight and sometimes-glowering palette, as statements of existential darkness and foreboding. In ‘Mark Rothko: From the Inside Out,’ a Son Writes About His Father 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z Take the Fugs and their reworking of Allen Ginsberg's totemic Howl. Readers recommend songs inspired by poetry: The results 2010-09-16T21:59:00Z He transformed that railroad tie, along with a number of other scraps, into a series of totemic, abstracted figures that he displayed at Chouinard’s gallery. The Hammer biennial's breakout star? A 78-year-old retired gardener from Compton who once worked for Marlon Brando 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z “It became this kind of totemic thing to me,” he said. Possessed : Jonathan Adler’s Guiding Light: His Mother 2012-12-08T00:16:34Z It became totemic evidence that elevated the tall tale into reality. Sacred Carnality 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z Allies describe Mrs. Trump as warm, engaging and witty, traits at odds with the totemic stance she often takes in public. Melania Trump, a Mysterious First Lady, Weathers a Chaotic White House 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z For the works’ painterly, organic shapes and loosely totemic forms, Eichwald draws on several brash precedents since World War II. Among them are Abstract Expressionism, Japanese Gutai and 1980s Neo-Expressionism, both German and American. Review: Michaela Eichwald at Overduin & Co. 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z There are a lot of crucifixes and totemic eagles, with an occasional Star of David, Om sign and peace symbol thrown in for good measure. ‘Cold Pursuit’ Review: Liam Neeson Is a Killer Snowplow Driver 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Its forms are basic, totemic: Euclidean shapes dredged from the long memory of the field. Boring architecture? Yes, please 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z In the shifting stills of the video, she becomes a totemic figure charging forward, retreating and even levitating at times. Artist Senga Nengudi uses pantyhose in surprising ways 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z But it nonetheless pulls you instantly into a rich, totemic world. Chouinard’s ‘Rite’: astonishing dance, astounding dancers 2013-01-25T17:50:37Z It is a watery sequence clearly designed to become a totemic bit of modern cinema, like that horizontal tussle in The Matrix or the folding streetscape in Inception. Scarlett Johansson, charismatic queen of science fiction 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Since then, Shiokava has produced a staggering body of work — principal among them, his totemic wood forms, inspired by both Japanese and Brazilian traditions, all imbued with a spectral feel. The Hammer biennial's breakout star? A 78-year-old retired gardener from Compton who once worked for Marlon Brando 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z But the power of the cutouts is less about narrative than materiality and form: totemic presences conjured by brusque but beautiful painted surfaces and towering scale. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z His “om” moment on a sun-dappled cliff had brought him enlightenment: one of the most totemic television spots of all time. Shifting From ‘Mad Men’ to Strong Women in a Series Finale 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z In the last room, Lara Schnitger's recent works, which dress up tall poles in abstract warrior-princess costumes of leather and lace, nod back to the tall, skinny, totemic personages by Bourgeois in the first room. New gallery adds another dimension with its spacious 'Abstract Sculpture by Women' 1947-2016 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The sphinx crouches in a position that’s regal and yet totemic of subjugation—she is “beat down” but standing. Kara Walker's Radical Domino Sugar Sculpture 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z But more consequentially, she was left with the invisible presence of a totemic animal guardian, Jinx the warrior fox. Review | ‘Lucifer’ writer Mike Carey continues to cement his status as a novelist 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z And maybe losing the signified for the signifier gives the novel its own totemic power. Don Delillo's deep freeze: 'Zero K' takes on death, futurists and cryonics 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Twain's books are not just literary documents but historical documents, and that word is totemic because it encodes all of the violence of slavery. The last 'n-word' 2011-01-05T12:02:58Z The best actor Academy award has always had a totemic fascination. Who is the best Oscar winning lead actor of all time? 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z The issue resurfaced recently when Oliwia Dabrowska recounted how her role as the totemic Girl in the Red Coat in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List had "led to years of trauma and shame". Should children be allowed to act in harrowing films? 2013-03-04T15:54:47Z The great writer trolls the world for totemic objects to place on a page. Sacred Carnality 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z The artist Huma Bhabha is preparing to ship a selection of her large-scale totemic sculptures across the country for an exhibition, and is eagerly looking forward to her studio being empty again. An Artist Who Works Alongside Giants 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z Nash makes place not by verisimilitude, but by summoning up totemic symbols, motifs and spirit. Frieze 2012: my big art inspiration 2012-10-10T17:20:01Z The cuddly teddy bear, sometimes ratty with affection, turned out to be an icon of the first order, appearing like a totemic ghost in thousands of images. Object Lessons: The New Museum Explores Why We Keep Things 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z After all, his tenure in Berlin, which began in 2002 and will end in 2018, has been a bracing antidote to the notion that conductors prove themselves solely in the totemic standards. Berlin Philharmonic’s Beethoven Marathon at Carnegie Prompts Some Head-Scratching 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Is he a helpless opportunist, following the totemic tiny skirt like a line of thread into the Minotaur's cave? Joanna Lumley is foolish for laying rape at drunken feet 2013-01-25T20:30:01Z Saving Private Ryan – released in 1998 and arguably the totemic ancestor of the wish-fulfilment second world war movie – concluded that the US army fought and won the war on its own. Why are we so obsessed with films about the second world war? 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Sculpture was vital to the mystical, totemic urges of the earlier art. A chilling portrait of Germany's Weimar era emerges in 'New Objectivity' at LACMA 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z In the first section, “Architecture Embodied,” two of the totemic wood sculptures that Bourgeois began making in 1947, “Pillar” and “Figure,” are surrounded by engravings populated by similar forms enacting clearly figurative dramas. Louise Bourgeois: Imagination Unfolds in All Dimensions 2017-09-27T04:00:00Z At the Surrealistic extreme Yves Tanguy meticulously painted totemic clusters of bulbous, biomorphic forms in empty, gray space, and Kay Sage, his wife, created semiabstract architectural twilight zones. Art Review: ?Real-Surreal? at the Whitney - Review 2011-10-27T22:50:36Z While the totemic objects taken to the moon were deeply personal, their symbolism remains universal, speaking of our need for love, family, art, sex and faith – and our drive for immortality. Dinosaur toys and golf clubs: the strange things astronauts take to the moon 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z Emilia Brintnall’s totemic black papier-mâché “Serpent” slithers up a gallery wall with a white racing stripe down its back. What to See in New York City Art Galleries This Week 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z She tired long ago of men staring at her cleavage and now dresses in severe black clothing with high necklines and austere copper accessories that look like machine parts or totemic objects. Just for Tonight, Pretend You Don’t Know Me, O.K.? 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z As the sun went down over Worthy Farm, a flame-throwing phoenix on top of Pyramid stage brought to an end a totemic performance that most thought would never happen. Rolling Stones make Glastonbury debut 2013-06-30T06:00:10Z Actually, we said quintessential but we meant totemic. New band of the day ? No 878: Electric Youth 2010-09-30T16:01:00Z It’s just that slippage — from tool to totemic object or, worse, toy — that made recent reports about the set of “Rust” so troubling. Perspective | The ‘Rust’ scene that Alec Baldwin was rehearsing strikes a familiar and played-out chord 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z He had light-colored eyes and he was wearing a black turtleneck that only made his fascinating head appear that much more totemic and real. Derek Walcott, a Mighty Poet, Has Died 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z When he abandoned her and their infant son, she supported herself by creating imaginative installations for Lord & Taylor and fashion illustrations for Vogue — at night, she created totemic figure drawings with watercolor and crayon. This Pioneering Artist Is on the Brink of Her First Big Retrospective, at 98 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z “I'm not sure how that particular side dish became so totemic at black cookouts, but it can make or break one's reputation as a cook.” Crimes against potato salad: How not to get uninvited from the cookout 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z With that image, the album’s cover became one of the most totemic of all time. John Berg, Art Director Who Made Album Covers Sing, Dies at 83 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z “Silttown Shimmy,” a totemic female figure a bit more than 2 feet tall, further elaborates. Alison Saar traces diasporas in the exceptional 'Silt, Soot and Smut' at L.A. Louver Gallery 2016-06-17T04:00:00Z The musician, described by Jazzwise magazine as "one of the totemic figures of British jazz," died in a London hospital on Saturday after a short but undisclosed illness. 2010-02-07T10:53:00Z First, rock's most totemic "wild one" cashed in his credibility by advertising insurance, easily the least rock'n'roll product an ageing icon can possibly shill for. Will Iggy Pop's decision to quit stage-diving spell No Fun for Stooges fans? 2010-03-23T16:08:00Z Lost with it is its totemic eagle standard, plunging the legion's name into ignominy. The Eagle of the Ninth: a children's classic that stands the test of time 2011-03-21T20:00:02Z These views of everyday life bear witness to an almost totemic cult of maps. Here be monsters 2010-04-23T23:06:00Z Some scholars have compared “Macunaíma” to James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” another totemic modernist novel from the 1920s whose allusive, wide-ranging play with language is as central to its identity as its plot. New Translations Explore Brazil’s ‘Endless and Unfinished’ Character 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z On the right is the source of her pride, black with touches of red: a narrow totemic Bourgeois sculpture. Louise Bourgeois, Celebrated Sculptor, Unsung Painter 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z Flower Drum Song” may not have been totemic, but it was a reasonably well-known 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical when it got overhauled in 2001. When our icons tumble 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z This subtle, strange, bitterly comedic emphasis on the totemic and symbolic power of objects, as seen through the eyes of the film’s protagonist, lends Peele’s direction classical reverberations. “Get Out”: Jordan Peele’s Radical Cinematic Vision of the World Through Black Eyes 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z One of the recent generation of artists finding new ways to explore totemic forms, he often incorporates unexpected or modern elements in his work. Carver explores Tlingit battle armor, weapons 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Jerusalem's totemic status, then, derives from its position as an early and pre-eminent centre for sacrifice. Jerusalem, Jerusalem by James Carroll ? review 2011-08-05T21:54:01Z His combination of mud, hair, wire and black-eyed peas is totemic, but also adamantly urban. Review: Drips, Dropped: Pollock and His Impact 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z It looked like a totemic image from another galaxy. What’s for Lunch? Soup, With a Side of Art 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Earthquakes, equity and empire: the best films at Cannes this year Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Oliver Stone's sequel, of sorts, to his totemic 1987 greed-is-good movie. Ridley Scott: Creator of worlds 2010-05-10T20:30:00Z The landscape here is post-volcanic, its population shamanic, and the wildlife totemic, in the form of an owl and a snake. Watch the Absorbing and Tedious Simulations of Ian Cheng 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z Viewers enter a large tent to find a black, white and gray landscape of tree trunks, mushrooms and volcanoes populated by totemic papier-mâché figures. Art in Review: MATTHEW RONAY: ?Between the Worlds? 2011-08-04T22:00:07Z “That tension is at the heart of any of these projects that I’ve done where I’ve kind of interacted with Bach and these totemic pieces,” he said. Bach Invented. Now a Pianist Is Trying to Match Him. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Their harmony is totemic — it is a sonic representation of sisterhood. The Chicks Are Done Caring What People Think 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z She was such a divisive and a totemic figure. Anthony Cartwright: 'The title is intended to provoke a reaction' 2012-08-04T23:05:22Z She writes: “There were no visions, no prophetic voices or visits by totemic animals, just this blazing everywhere. Something poured into me, and I poured out into it.” Books of The Times: Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Living With a Wild God’ 2014-04-15T13:00:01Z There’s something totemic about this face, which stands out sharply against the colorful, meaningfully blurred background. | 'Rampart': ?Rampart,? Starring Woody Harrelson - Review 2011-11-23T00:13:07Z His heightened realism propels actors into symbolic settings with totemic objects, recurring obsessions, and operatic violence. Like Sundance in Brooklyn, Except Better 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The presence of Masekela at Thursday's show will provide a totemic link to the "golden age" of South African music in the 1950s, when political activism, sport and music flourished together in opposition to apartheid. Fifa's World Cup kick-off concert 2010-06-05T23:05:00Z Once she had a basic form in place, she took to it with a knife and rasp, carving the stone into bears, owls, alligators, cats and a menagerie of fantastic beasts and totemic goddesses. Mary Fuller McChesney, Bay Area Artist and Historian, Dies at 99 2022-06-28T04:00:00Z Returning from France to Los Angeles, for instance, Krasnow mostly stopped painting to focus on carving totemic wooden sculptures. The 'Maverick Modernist' you don't know but should: Peter Krasnow at the Laguna Art Museum 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z The creek where his grandfather was baptized had such a totemic effect on him that, although he would later return there time after time, he never snapped a frame of it. After a lifetime of capturing what was, Christenberry faces what is 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z But every disputed criminal case of note has its totemic piece of evidence. The Fort Bragg murders: is Jeffrey MacDonald innocent? 2013-04-13T23:05:28Z The entire blockbuster era was ushered in when Hollywood began looking for counter-programming to the auteur-led film-making of the 1970s, and for all its faults it has delivered myriad examples of totemic cinema. Godzilla vs Kong: whoever wins Hollywood's monster mashup, we all lose 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z Support for Palestinians is also traditionally a totemic issue for some German left-wing groups. Berlin on edge for Erdogan after fierce Israel criticism 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z To the Wild Fish Conservancy, the Washington state-based environmental group that filed the lawsuit, the fates of the two totemic animals are intimately bound. Starving orcas and the fate of Alaska’s disappearing king salmon 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z The housing market has totemic importance in Britain's consumption-driven economy and is closely linked to consumer confidence. Analysis: Spasms in UK mortgage market spell pain for homeowners, economy 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z The play also tackles an issue that became totemic for the struggles of the England team - one that sends shivers down the spines of its fans. Joseph Fiennes on playing Gareth Southgate: 'Don't be misled by his decency - he has steel' 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z "It plays more to the idea that Russia is really trying to create a totemic sense of victory. It's more about symbolism than actual military effect." Kyiv missile strikes: Tracking the rise of Russian attacks 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z Even in bitter disappointment at losing, the South African was full of praise for Parisse, who has been Italian rugby's totemic figure for two decades. 'What a way to say bye' - Parisse retires in style 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z The battle for Bakhmut has become the longest and bloodiest of the war and has totemic significance for Russia, which has no other prizes to show for a winter campaign that cost thousands of lives. Ukraine hails gains in Bakhmut as Zelenskiy wins more weapons in Europe 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Gone is the idea of a totemic strand of DNA that extends six feet when uncoiled and stretched out in a straight line. Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z He could present them with the totemic object they evidently treasure more than they treasure a human life. It's time to hold pro-gun Republicans accountable: Kentucky can lead the way, right now 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Both sides came into this combustible fixture in rampant form but missing totemic figures through injury. Celtic take major title step with Old Firm triumph 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Here sources have indicated to the BBC that there will be "fudge" in those areas which have, ultimately, proved less totemic than the Irish Sea trade border and governance. Brexit: What can we expect from an NI Protocol deal? 2023-02-18T05:00:00Z Yet that does nothing to diminish the totemic power they wield over us, which is an expression of the unquestioned, atavistic nature of belief. Why the Chimera Is the Monster for Our Uncertain Age 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Stalingrad holds totemic significance for Russians as a symbol of wartime suffering, sacrifice and heroism. As Russia Strikes Ukrainian Civilians, Putin Tells His People the War Is Just 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Through extensive interviews with executives including Jack Welch, the totemic C.E.O. from 1981-2001 who drove its expansion, and archival research, Mr. Cohan suggests the fall wasn’t inevitable. Turning the Page on 2022 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z “Yes, the totemic fried egg sandwich,” she wrote, saying she remembered the room service order more than the sex. Gael Greene, restaurant critic who made food ‘seductive,’ dies at 88 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z “His case has become totemic for the Russian intelligence services, who are keen to show that they don’t abandon their own people,” Galeotti added. Who is Viktor Bout, arms dealer linked to swap for Americans held by Moscow? 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z They are possessed by the totemic power of the gun and what it represents in American history and society. After Buffalo and Uvalde, America feels broken: Where do we go from here? 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z While there may be some reasons for Boris Johnson to be cheerful in parts of the north and the Midlands, it will be eclipsed by the loss of these totemic London councils. London election results 2022: What does it mean for the PM's leadership? 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z “I think there’s a great totemic value in the Ukrainians holding on to Mariupol,” Parry said. EXPLAINER: Why the battle for Mariupol’s steel mill matters 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z The last few years have not been easy for the totemic figures of American history, caught in the crossfire of our culture wars. Review | Lessons from Lincoln’s leadership at the close of the Civil War 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z "There has been a huge focus by donors on girls' secondary schools — multiple donors have told me they see this issue as 'totemic'," she said. Taliban to open high schools for girls next week, official says 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z Examples of people wearing a mask while in a car by themselves or when walking down an empty street are less about following the science than granting masks a totemic power. Masks are going, COVID-19 is staying, and I’m unsure 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z The Met is supposed to be a totemic police force. Cressida Dick: Why is it so hard to fix the Met’s toxic culture? 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z The town, or at least its name, has taken on a totemic significance that far eclipses its modest population. Davos Without ‘Davos’ 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z "The UK has raised the flagpole on the Northern Ireland Protocol as some kind of totemic issue," Irish MEP Billy Kelleher told me. Brexit: Liz Truss seeks Brexit breakthrough in country house talks 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z And there is no construct more totemic than the De Gaulle = good, Pétain = bad interpretation of the war. Why France's Zemmour is dredging up World War Two 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z That book had totemic power: Supposedly it was illegal, and even possessing it was some type of crime. Right-wing media and the pandemic: A toxic feedback loop that nurtured fascism 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z The deal promises a "decade of investments in the future" - without scrapping the totemic debt brake enshrined in the German constitution. Explainer: Upping the tempo: Germany's coalition dance heats up 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z He achieved totemic status within the Tory party for holding the constituency - which had been a classic swing seat - in 1992, but switched to nearby Southend West at the 1997 election. Obituary: Conservative MP Sir David Amess 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Some are hoping for a totemic policy which can define the Liberal Democrats in the way an income tax rise to pay for investment in education did under Lord Ashdown in the 1990s. Lib Dem conference: Sir Ed Davey gambles on targeting Tories 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z O’Neill, star of the totemic movie “Love Story,” reacted with admirable restraint when our feral dog, Dingo, gave chase one day and knocked the jogging star right on his butt. As a child, he snuck onto a secret Malibu beach. 50 years later, the fence finally came down 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “Like Orange County’s vanishing oranges,” he mused, “there’s only a few dozen salmon left in the totemic Salmon River.” California builds a 'Noah's Ark' to protect wildlife from extinction by fire and heat 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z The housing market holds totemic importance in Britain as a driver of wealth. UK housing boom may derail post-Brexit trade dreams 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z He transformed the tie, along with the other pieces of wood he had gathered, into a series of vertical, totemic figures that he displayed in Chouinard’s gallery in 1972. Sculptor Kenzi Shiokava, who transformed discarded wood into magnetic totems, dies at 82 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Ms Sturgeon, who trained as a lawyer at the University of Glasgow, said it had been "imprinted" on her brain that not proven was one of the "totemic" things that make Scots law distinctive. Scottish election 2021: Sturgeon considers scrapping not proven verdict 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z Annie Lesser, 32, an L.A. playwright and theater producer, composed Cloak’s scripted elements, such as initiation rituals at which guests chose totemic objects or received three ink dots under their eye. L.A. Goth nightclub known for rituals and secrecy has closed amid sexual misconduct claims 2021-03-21T04:00:00Z “The nearly 100 pieces,” Glueck wrote, “include scroll-like books unrolling for more than 40 feet and a cluster of totemic sculptures with built-in music boxes ranging from 8 to 10 feet high.” Overlooked No More: Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson, Whose Art Chronicled Black Life 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z Like “Guernica” or “Chernobyl,” the word “Nagasaki” has come to stand less for the name of an actual place than a totemic feat of human destruction. Kazuo Ishiguro Sees What the Future Is Doing to Us 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Two enigmatic, totemic figures stood in the middle of the platform. In a Tough Year, a Nativity Scene ‘That Has Had Problems’ 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z In carbon chemistry, “water is an enemy to be excluded as rigorously as possible”, wrote the late biochemist Robert Shapiro in his totemic 1986 book Origins, which critiqued the primordial ocean hypothesis. How the First Life on Earth Survived Its Biggest Threat—Water 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Some online then narrowed in on another artist, Petecia Le Fawnhawk, who installs totemic sculptures in secret desert locations and, crucially, used to live and work in Utah. Utah monolith: Internet sleuths got there, but its origins are still a mystery 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Surrounded by one totemic figure after another in the nation's glorious football past, he glanced around the room. Scotland's story is one of comebacks 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z More than 1 million people, mostly on the Azerbaijani side, remain displaced from their homes, while Nagorno-Karabakh has taken on a totemic significance for both sides. A new weapon complicates an old war in Nagorno-Karabakh 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z It is why the battle for Ginsburg’s replacement represents such a totemic fight for the future of America. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: death of liberal justice gives Trump chance to reshape the US for generations 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z The chorus then switches focus to Prince, who was such a totemic figure for the Midnite Vultures album this featured on. Beck's greatest songs – ranked! 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z “These were more emblems than descriptions: bold, rather clunky equine silhouettes embedded in flat, abstract space with the totemic air of cave paintings,” critic Robert Hughes wrote years later in Time magazine. Susan Rothenberg, artist who restored figurative vigor to painting, dies at 75 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z Afrobeat went on to become one of the totemic genres of 20th century African music. Tony Allen, legendary drummer and Afrobeat co-founder, dies aged 79 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z His victory would doubtless be an earth-shattering, totemic victory for the progressive movement. Democrats need to take a long, hard look at Bernie Sanders before taking the plunge 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Taking back control of U.K. waters for U.K. fishermen is a totemic issue for Brexiteers. After Brexit: UK leaves EU but what’s next far from certain 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Taking back control of U.K. waters for U.K. fishermen is a totemic issue for Brexiteers. After Brexit: UK leaves EU but what’s next far from certain 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z But we would have lost the big-risk-big-reward ethos that made these devices totemic innovations and inducements to further invention. Is Venture Capital Worth the Risk? 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z Tech companies fetishized AI, 8K, and 5G a little less, finally Those three buzzwords are so totemic that Foxconn just sort of blurted them out in defense of the its factory fiasco in Wisconsin. Eight big takeaways from CES 2020 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z He is not “totemic,” he says, like other traditional leading men. Robert Pattinson: ‘I don’t really know how to act’ 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z This was also a worthy occasion, as one of the league’s totemic clubs played at home in MLS Cup for the first time. Opportunistic Sounders see off Toronto FC for second MLS Cup title in four years 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z As he writes, “for every species of book person, the idea of Shakespeare’s library – his personal collection of manuscripts, books, letters and other papers – is enticing, totemic, a subject of wonder”. The hunt for Shakespeare's library: 'I couldn’t stop looking if I wanted to' 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z During the last major protests five years ago – the umbrella movement – some demonstrators even used their totemic umbrellas to shield officers from rain. A battle for the soul of the city: why violence has spiralled in the Hong Kong protests 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z "Politicians and advisors are drawn to big flashy totemic announcements as a way of demonstrating their commitment to research," he said. PM wants science to fuel post-Brexit economy 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z The young strikers’ totemic figure, the Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, will take part in the New York walkout and will speak to massed protesters in Manhattan. US to stage its largest climate strike in history: 'Somebody must sound the alarm' 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z Chlorinated chicken has become totemic because it encapsulates a much wider argument over what sort of agriculture the world needs and how far we should regulate it. The real cost of cheap US chicken? Chlorination is just the start | Felicity Lawrence 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Senator Bernie Sanders, a current presidential candidate, is not, but he may as well be: He identifies as a democratic socialist and enjoys a totemic status with the group’s members. Is ‘Bernie or Bust’ the Future of the Left? 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z And when someone leaves a totemic feminist band – ideally a crucible of shared politics – people inevitably question how they can believe in their mission if one of their members apparently didn’t. Sleater-Kinney: ‘Music has always been the playground of men’s sexuality’ 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z That is far removed from the heroic status he was given by SNP ministers when he stepped in to save the totemic shipyard in Port Glasgow - the only commercial yard left on the lower Clyde. Shipyard could be nationalised amid ferry row 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z Before the result, the UK government was resigned to many countries voting against it on the totemic issue of decolonisation. UK suffers crushing defeat in UN vote on Chagos Islands 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z “Kyle-Wilson became a cipher for people who wanted our policy to be full ‘People’s Vote’ – it became totemic,” one Labour strategist complained. Why Labour's leader has to perform a Brexit balancing act 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Munch was one of a series of totemic figures who loomed over my childhood thanks to my father. Edvard Munch: Scandi novelists on the master of misery and menace 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z The dining room contains none of the totemic features of the neighborhood Indonesian cafe — no market shelves piled with chips, teas and other import items. Review: Kasih in Little Tokyo is a shrine to fiery Indonesian sambals, curries and meats 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Nashville hot chicken, the foundation said, was a “totemic” creation. The Family Business That Put Nashville Hot Chicken on the Map 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Curating a feast for a game is a totemic exercise, a demonstration of loyalty that for many of us draws on early memories of family and place. For an East vs. West Coast Super Bowl party, fire up tacos, bacon-wrapped hot dogs and, yeah, chowder 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Trump is placing a high totemic value on a gesture with no practical meaning. President seeks credit for spending time in the White House 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z Together they have made the backstop issue totemic because – in time-honoured fashion – they wish to retain the UK’s freedom to inflict unilateral damage on Ireland. ‘Brexit plot twists to come’: after May’s vote meltdown, what should happen next? | Martin Kettle and others 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z Coverage tends to focus on a few totemic species, such as lions, chimpanzees and pandas, rather than the collapsing ecosystems on which we depend. Habitat loss threatens all our futures, world leaders warned 2018-11-17T05:00:00Z This would be the totemic prize for both sides. 'Don't boo. Vote': parties draw biggest names to boost Wisconsin turnout 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The last track on the new album is Happy Days Are Here Again, a totemic song for Streisand that appeared on her first album and that she has been singing ever since. Barbra Streisand: ‘Trump is corrupt and indecent and is assaulting our institutions’ 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z More than anything, though, in Virat Kohli they have a totemic giant of world sport, a genius and a guru, whose relentless positivity is a philosophy, an inspiration and a way of life. England v India: first Test, day one - live! 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z Today, it is the site of a totemic battle between civic virtues and a growing sphere of private power and experience. Private Dreams and Public Ideals in San Francisco 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z On canvas, he found inspiration, drawing from historic and contemporary European and Native American artistic traditions to create a fusion of something new: haunting and totemic images of creatures who channel grief and frailty. Datebook: Full-moon performances inspired by gender, the art of transformation, hallucinatory dance 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z “There’s a totemic aspect to it in terms of surrounding myself with stuff I like,” he said. Collectible Toy Values Are on the Rise—And It’s Not Just Star Wars 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z The table’s stacked geometries allude to the work of Memphis Design Group founder Ettore Sottsass, whose sculptures and furniture often took totemic shape. A Totem Pole for Your Home? The Rise of ‘Spiritual’ Design 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Sitting nearly still, Mrs. Trump cut a totemic figure alongside Mr. Trump as they sat around a conference table at the agency’s headquarters. Melania Trump Appears in Public After ‘a Little Rough Patch’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Indiana was a serious artist of the word, whose paintings, prints and sculpture powerfully home in on the totemic quality of language. For Robert Indiana, LOVE was the message | Jonathan Jones 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z On the canvas, he found inspiration, drawing from historic and contemporary European and Native American artistic traditions to create a fusion of something new: haunting and totemic images of creatures who channel grief and frailty. Datebook: Videos of the female figure, an autobiographical exhibit and paintings of immigrant terrains 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Robert Lacey, a royal biographer, said divorce today is not the crisis it once was, even for the “totemic, idealized” royal family who in the past was expected to be “the last to surrender.” How the Church of England has shifted on divorce, from Henry VIII to Meghan Markle 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z It also features a totemic redwood sculpture and 14 black-and-white marble panels. Ellsworth Kelly’s ‘Austin’: A building that’s a work of art 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z The view is a little ‘totemic’, of course. Markets go into reverse as US inflation unexpectedly spikes higher - business live 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z What we witnessed yesterday was the internet generation’s equivalent of the moon landing, and that Roadster might well remain the totemic symbol of the achievement. Sending a Tesla into space wasn’t such a dumb idea 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Varsano was born into a generation that understood the airplane for its totemic significance as a technological miracle within mortal reach. Selling Airborne Opulence to the Upper Upper Upper Class 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Such a bounty draws comparison with totemic national parks such as Yellowstone and Yosemite, despite the relative obscurity of the Arctic reserve. 'We're fighting for our way of life': Republican tax bill presents grave threat to Alaska's tribal groups 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z As a setting for the World Cup draw it is a perfect showcase, the imposing buildings of the fortified complex and Red Square totemic of Russian power and influence. For all the Russia 2018 draw razzmatazz, shadow cast by Olympics takes off gloss | Martha Kelner 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z Another totemic species now looks set to follow suit – lions. Lions next in line of fire as US rolls back curbs on African hunting trophies 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z But Simpson does, in fact, endure as a totemic figure, said Earl Ofari Hutchinson, an author and media critic. OJ Simpson: an eternal symbol of racial division – or has America moved on? 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z He wants to zoom in on this totemic physicist as a man, warts and all, and trigger a philosophical debate about greatness versus goodness. Taproot’s formulaic “Relativity” questions genius over goodness 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z “As soon as I started to make a noise that made sense, man, this trumpet was talking for me,” Alpert says, passing a dozen of his column-sized, totemic sculptures. Trumpeter Herb Alpert: 'The guys that are in control are not honoring the arts' 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z But visible even in its totemic “founders’ agreement”, the document on Parry’s phone, were the tensions that would make the Premier League sometimes as reviled as it was beloved. Deceit, determination and Murdoch's millions: how Premier League was born 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Any one of those achievements would be totemic in hapless May’s wasted year. Theresa May’s first year was awful. Her next promises far worse | Polly Toynbee 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z The show — part of the agency's Magnum at 70 program — will feature photographs taken by its members, many of which have taken on a totemic value in popular culture. Capturing the Emotion of a Protest 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z She nevertheless seems well aware of the totemic fascination she holds for people as someone who made her own decisions regarding what is now referred to as “work-life balance.” Debra Winger and Tracy Letts on their chemistry in 'The Lovers' and, reluctantly, on Hollywood and women 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z His healthcare reforms are established as a totemic policy in American politics. The Guardian view on Barack Obama: don’t go chasing Wall Street cash | Editorial 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s difficult to account for the totemic power I ascribed to the book. God in the machine: my strange journey into transhumanism 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z The fact that it is devoting extensive coverage to a bill in Congress, rather than “social justice warriors” or immigrant crime, should tell you how totemic this issue is. Burst your bubble: what conservative media is saying about 'Trumpcare' 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The conversation, predictably, turned to the threat posed by Sweden’s totemic forward, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and whether he might be the man to eliminate the host nation. With Success in England, Zlatan Ibrahimovic Strikes a Blow Against Snobbery 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z An open border was “politically totemic” to republicans in Northern Ireland, he said, and while political union did not exist, both sides of the border were “becoming united in everyday life”. Hard Brexit push risks Northern Ireland peace process, says Peter Hain 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z That reserve in Canada has become totemic for Neville – a place of extreme neglect. Hoops, wheels and moose heads: playtime in the world's most inhospitable places 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z But there is also something undeniably powerful and totemic about whales: Their very nature suggests an element of distance and isolation, of otherness. The loneliest whale in the world? 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Trump’s “I am your voice” is a totemic populist line. Populists are out to divide us. They must be stopped | Timothy Garton Ash 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Theatrically, how do you solve a problem like Medea, the totemic figure of female revenge immortalized by Euripides? At Seattle Shakespeare, a ‘Medea’ who is plenty angry 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The order was: memorable experience or sight first, totemic photograph second. First Click: Photographs are memory triggers, not replacements 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z In a statement, the jurors said Wardé’s design was a “totemic tower” that would “act as a beacon, evocative of the historical structures of treasury, lighthouse, outlook tower, belvedere and campanile”. Beirut to build new modern art museum 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z He infuriated France’s unions with his unabashed talk of opening up the country’s relatively rigid economy, loosening job protections, and even rolling back the totemic 35-hour workweek. Emmanuel Macron, Eyeing French Presidency, Resigns as Economy Minister 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Jeremy Corbyn used his launch to draw on a totemic issue for Labour - the foundation of the welfare state in the 1940s. How Corbyn and Smith's policies compare - BBC News 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z He called the sickness “future shock,” which he described in his totemic book of the same name, published in 1970. Why We Need to Pick Up Alvin Toffler’s Torch 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Now it is undergoing renovations to create 26 luxury apartments full of the modernista style pioneered by Spain’s totemic architect Antoni Gaudí. In Barcelona, Gaudí Meets Luxury 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Many Egyptians still despise him as the totemic symbol of the rampant cronyism and repression that plagued Egypt for decades. The Strange, Unending Limbo of Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Nowadays, Pompeii is pop culture, its totemic name resounding from blockbuster exhibitions to terrible disaster films to an episode of Dr Who. Pompeii: is this the best they can do with €105m? 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z At the heart of the legislation is the “right to buy”, a totemic Thatcherite policy from the 1980s that allowed tenants in council housing to buy their homes at a discount to market rates. Lords a-leaping 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z But recognising that this was a totemic issue, the negotiators did convince ministers to agree to a more generous deal for doctors who work regular Saturdays. Was a deal over doctors' contracts ever possible? - BBC News 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Gender cards fly when male politicians flaunt totemic symbols of male power, affirming entitlement to strength, authority and paternalistic care. How Ted Cruz, Bernie Sanders and Others Play Gender Cards 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z FE McWilliam's totemic Father Courage embodies themes explored by several sculptors in this period of political and social change. The bright red work of art (and 40 others) now protected - BBC News 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z It’s among the last words he speaks in the series – revealed after his death – and is a totemic moment for his character. For the Potter generation, Alan Rickman’s death marks the end of childhood | Marc Burrows 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z In retrospect, the significance of Radiohead’s audacious U-turn away from arena-rock is obvious and it’s a totemic release for any band that refuses to conform to expectation. From Kid A to Straight Outta Compton – five flawed albums that became classics 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The totemic date for this fateful turn in the story of the West is 1492—the year of Columbus, but also the year of the expulsion of Jews from Spain. Pope Francis and the Renunciation of Jewish Conversion 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z You can’t understand the gun debate in modern America unless you understand the totemic, near-religious status that the gun has been elevated to by conservatives. Guns, dildos and Christmas: Conservatives cling to guns as identity markers, not for practical use 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z Blanketed in dark fabric, it brings to mind one of Barnett Newman’s totemic sculptures. Another Side of Arthur Miller 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z But it’s still a totemic site in the imagination of French rock fans. ‘Within half an hour the news took you with a violent lurch into a nightmare’ | Andrew Hussey 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z Ironically, just as the totemic Wolff departs the motorsport scene, one of its female pioneers from a previous generation is plotting a return. Giovanna Amati: The remarkable story of F1's last female driver 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z Obama had opened his remarks by pouring scorn on the totemic importance the pipeline has attained. Keystone XL pipeline rejection signals US taking lead on climate change fight 2015-11-07T05:00:00Z They build shrines and treat the rifle like a totemic object that’s been trusted to them by the kingpin. Thousands of rhinos, 500 poachers; grim toll in the hunt for prized horns 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Guns are a totemic shield against the fear that they are losing dominance as the country becomes more liberal and diverse and, well, modern. This is why the gun nuts win: An Oregon sheriff’s nutty conspiracy theories explains the GOP’s impotence 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z The noxious smog was so dense it almost obscured the French capital’s totemic landmark, the Eiffel Tower. Paris’s first attempt at car-free day brings big drop in air and noise pollution 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Well, she would undertake another rewrite of the totemic Clause IV of the party's constitution. Labour leadership: Has Yvette Cooper left it too late? - BBC News 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The precise alchemy that makes one particular death politically totemic while others go unmourned beyond their families and communities is not quite clear. Farewell to America | Gary Younge 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z In his paintings totemic figures battle with obscure forces, or are trapped in the labyrinths of the unconscious. The last modernist 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Mr Brady - chairman of the influential committee of backbench Conservative MPs - said the vote on European Union membership was a "totemic issue". Tory ministers need to 'speak their minds' on EU vote - BBC News 2015-06-10T04:00:00Z There he covered the totemic news events of the Richard Nixon presidency, including Nixon’s historic visit to China, Watergate, and Nixon’s resignation. Award-winning journalist Ed Fouhy dies at 80 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z The realized object takes on a kind of totemic significance through the aspirations and the values of the community that brought it into being. ZPM Espresso and the Rage of the Jilted Crowdfunder 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z But while Conservatives are most proud of reinvigorating Margaret Thatcher's totemic right to buy social housing, today's scheme is more to the taste of Lib Dems. Analysis: Too good to be true? 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z The War casualties, macabre though it may seem, have become a totemic figure, and no expert opinion will sway the hardcore from the perceived special place of their town. Has xenophobia risen in Germany? 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z “And we ignore the orcas’ incredible totemic and symbolic power at our peril. Ten years after ESA listing, killer whale numbers falling 2014-12-20T05:00:00Z Bringing in that small profit will be a totemic result for Chen, and he will use it to energize the workforce in 2015. BlackBerry's Financial Success Has Potential But Is Not Guaranteed For 2015 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z In the right light, there’s a kind of grandeur to its vast, featureless sweep, where every truck stop and water tower can take on totemic power. The Ride of Their Lives 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z Granted, it is almost totemic but it falls short of any religious value, although it is highly coveted. Chasing The Holy Grail Of Compact Fusion 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z And he angled the preparation for the Synod so that debate focused on one totemic issue – the ban on remarried Catholics taking communion. The Crisis That Changed Pope Francis The chancellor ratcheted rightwards with undisguised glee, welfare cuts his totemic message. These brutal new Tories are happy playing Ukip’s game 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The job of tidying away discarded coffee cups and crisp packets, vacuuming the carpet and dusting the totemic bullet-pierced door fell to uniformed cleaners, all of whom were black. How the Oscar Pistorius trial became a mirror on South African society 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z There are a few totemic things you have to own up to, and those are the things I focus on. OkCupid's Christian Rudder On Human Experiments And Getting Ugly People Dates 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z For some reason, this one statistic has taken on totemic significance. Devaluations of the 1930s Don't Justify Today's Funny-Money Excess 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z But the phone booth’s absence became an instant Facebook cause célèbre, as locals pleaded for the return of their totemic reminder of things past. A Town Won’t Let Go of a Coin-Drop Line to the Past 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z "I think it is really interesting that this 800-year-old piece of parchment with Latin writing, which most people can't read, is still such a powerful and totemic document." Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights to go on show in UK 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z Europe may not be the decider for many voters, but it is the totemic example of how extreme a victorious Conservative party would be after 2015. Isolated and xenophobic: Britain after a Tory victory 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Liberals, in particular, value his involvement in totemic Democratic legislative achievements, from the Civil Rights Act and Clean Water Acts, in 1964 and 1972 respectively, to the Affordable Care Act passed four years ago. John Dingell prepares to say goodbye – and airs his gripes with modern politics 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z “It will be a totemic symbol of the Titanic spirit, eternally berthed at the bank of the Qi River.” Sinosphere Blog: Plans for a Replica of Titanic Floated in China 2014-01-13T17:30:59Z Vitamixes are colonizing the kitchens of upscale professionals everywhere and taking on totemic status. The Cult of Vitamix 2013-12-19T10:53:44Z In the 7-0 decision, Justice Rosalie Abella noted that Canada spends more on prescription drugs per capita than almost any other industrialized country and she highlighted "Ontario's totemic struggle to control generic drug prices." Canada's top court upholds Ontario ban on private-label drugs 2013-11-22T15:54:56Z Some ground would be given on totemic issues: Democrats persuaded Ronald Reagan to reduce military spending; Republicans secured cuts in Medicaid from Bill Clinton. Raising the debt ceiling: The struggle continues 2013-10-10T10:18:02Z So Fuld has retreated to a place that is comfortable with long shots and where his name still carries totemic power: the world of lightly regulated over-the-counter stocks. Where Is Dick Fuld Now? Finding Lehman Brothers' Last CEO 2013-09-12T10:59:26Z And fair enough-in the sense that the “totemic operator,” articulating differences in the cultural series to differences in natural species, is no longer a main architecture of the cultural system. They eat horses, don't they? 2013-09-06T18:15:07.913Z The Kentuckian is facing a primary challenge in his re-election bid next year, and could be vulnerable on the right if he doesn’t sign onto the push to defund the totemic law. Ted Cruz Wants Republicans to Do the Nearly Impossible 2013-07-31T11:05:23Z Mark Arm of Mudhoney – the band so totemic of Sub Pop that they're almost the fluffy dice in its car windscreen – delivers an anecdote that illustrates the state of the company in the mid-90s. Sub Pop: 25 years of underground rock 2013-07-04T18:00:00Z And throughout the campaign, he always kept a cricket bat close — as a totemic image on his posters and a prop in his campaign speeches. Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif Offers Truce and Flowers to Rival 2013-05-14T20:43:24Z "The issue of Trident is a totemic one in Scottish politics," said Angus Robertson, SNP leader in the Westminster parliament and its spokesman on defence issues. Scots vote, replacement debate challenge British nuclear deterrent 2013-04-18T14:54:23Z A totemic moment two years before had come in the second Test when he flattened the South African prop Os du Randt on a charge. The story of Scott Gibbs's try that broke England hearts 2013-03-13T19:29:00Z For more than three years, the maintenance of Britain's AAA credit rating has been the explicit and totemic aim of economic policy. Britain's downgraded credit rating: Moody's wake-up call must trigger a change of course 2013-02-24T00:06:05Z All that has happened is that the decision on the totemic issue of a decarbonisation target has been put off until 2016 to await advice from the Committee on Climate Change. The result of the energy bill bunfight is Lib Dems 4, Tories 0 2012-11-29T11:22:18Z Overnight, some 20 white tents were pitched in the middle of Cairo's totemic Tahrir Square, where Egyptians celebrated the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak last year. Egypt anti-Mursi protest steps up 2012-11-24T03:23:58Z Vince Cable will add his voice to those frustrated at the coalition's totemic Tory target of cutting net immigration to 'tens of thousands'. Vince Cable takes on chancellor over plans for cuts in science 2012-11-17T22:46:36Z Yet even minor tweaks to the totemic Prop 13 would spark anger. Californian politics: Brownian motion 2012-11-15T16:05:22Z And he’s well aware of his totemic power on many of the issues that animate the party base. An Obama Champion, Now in Romney's Camp 2012-08-28T18:06:25Z The privatisation of Zambia's copper mines was totemic of all that was wrong with aid conditionality, both in terms of process and content, leading to vast revenues being foregone as the copper price soared. Is the World Bank under Jim Yong Kim calling time on privatisation? 2012-06-14T06:00:01Z The last thing any Tory leader needs, especially one sliding in the polls, is such a totemic breach of faith with the one demographic still most likely to support him. On pensioners, Iain Duncan Smith is right: 'granny bashing' is fair 2012-06-07T19:09:01Z I find that entirely logical even though some people want to see a totemic, unchanging list. Who Are The Top Ten Influencers In Social, Mobile, Cloud? 2012-05-22T17:17:09Z The tribal mark and totemic name were conferred in the baptism of blood. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z Like the Five Nations, they were divided into tribes, and cross-divided into totemic clans; and, as with them, the office of sachem descended in the female line. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Snakes had a more important place in the former religious and totemic practices. A Racial Study of the Fijians 2012-03-15T02:00:31.197Z “Fred Goodwin is exceptional only in his totemic value to a mob baying for vengeance,” the newspaper said in an editorial. Goodwin Honor Loss a Watershed as U.K. Gets Tough on Banks 2012-02-01T10:17:03Z As the wife of a contemporary bow maker, I hear a lot about players’ connection to their fiddles, but I also marvel at the almost totemic power string players ascribe to their bows. Letters: Don?t Forget the Bow (1 Letter) 2012-01-09T23:45:59Z Lethem: We latch on to a few totemic things, and because the entropy of culture is so disturbing, we love to talk about the things that will endure forever. Award-Winning Lethem Snubs Snooki, Bemoans Brooklyn’s Blandness 2012-01-03T19:43:53Z The totemic system is found among them in its most imperfect state. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Early on, Mr. Chamberlain was drawn to the totemic welded constructions that David Smith made from old tools and machine parts. John Chamberlain, Artist of Auto Metal, Dies at 84 2011-12-22T02:18:11Z The park, near the heart of the financial district, has acquired totemic status for the “occupy” movement. City Room: It's Not Just What You Protest, It's Where 2011-11-16T13:43:24Z Daiyoha, who appears to the right in the fifth photo, believes in the power of supernatural forces, and carries rings, quartz amulets and other totemic objects. Border Realms: A Ghostly Ruin in Thailand's South 2011-10-06T05:36:26Z With him he carried his totemic deity, a bear. Grayson Perry Mixes Teddy Bear, Ancient Relics in London: Review 2011-10-04T23:25:31Z In precisely the same way the local superstitions, originally totemic, about various animals were explained by myths attaching these animals to the legends of the gods. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Here at last we have a theory which accounts for the “religious horror” that attaches to the violation of the rule of totemic exogamy: a mysterious entity, the totem, is hereby offended. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z Cameron's eagerly declared devotion to the NHS illustrates the totemic role it plays in British society, an institution so cherished that some describe it as the closest thing to a truly national religion. For Brits, talk of 'American-style' care is a heart stopper 2011-06-14T02:27:05Z But another originally totemic deity had gained high rank in the Aztec pantheon. The Mythologies of Ancient Mexico and Peru 2011-06-13T02:00:26.863Z Of the five totemic families that form the Chilkat-kwan, not including a sixth subdivision, four are resident here, while individuals of the others through intermarriage are scattered through the village but without house standing. The Whale House of the Chilkat 2011-05-23T02:00:09.800Z The historical roots of one of France's most totemic objects, the beret, lie in the small town of Nay, deep in the Pyrenees Mountain range. Saving the beret 2011-05-19T23:29:00Z The following system, as a means of making intelligible the evolution of Australian totemic society, is proposed by the present writer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The US amended the Lacey Act so that companies are responsible for making sure their imports are legal, and the totemic Gibson guitar company is among those investigated as a result. Forest deal for EU and Indonesia 2011-05-04T08:00:14Z Next month, Queen Elizabeth II will make the first-ever official visit to the Irish Republic by a British monarch, and event of totemic importance in the reconciliation between the two countries. The Lede: Live Updates: The Royal Wedding 2011-04-30T00:00:54Z The designs were almost entirely totemic in character even when improvised for the occasion and apparently expressionless. The Whale House of the Chilkat 2011-05-23T02:00:09.800Z With the Be-Chuanas, whose territory extends from the Orange river to Lake Ngami and includes Basutoland with a great part of the Transvaal, we again meet a people at the totemic stage of culture. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The “expressed law” was necessarily a later development; conditioned by the circumstances which produced totemism, and sanctioned, as on Durkheim’s scheme, by the totemic taboo. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z This perplexing need to adopt both sides of the argument has paralysed debate, especially on pensions and the totemic 35 hour week. Image of France as a generous welfare state marred by grim reality 2011-03-21T17:46:00Z Then came the totemic wicket of Ponting – it still is even though the Australian captain is enduring a drought. Vic Marks on a growing force 2010-12-26T08:48:30Z For all its totemic power, the jobs number masks a messier reality. The Jobs Number's Messy Reality 2010-12-16T22:00:00Z There may be several totemic clans in one village and the same totem may not only occur in every village, but may extend from one tribe to another. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Conceivably the new class regulations made use of the old totemic machinery of nomenclature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z One such base, Sangin, was to acquire totemic significance as a killing ground, accounting for more than a third of all British losses. The Fog of WikiLeaks 2010-12-10T22:00:00Z William R. Taylor, the author of “Inventing Times Square,” bemoaned the razing of yet another totemic fabrication to allow for the construction of the pristine Bank of America tower. Peep-O-Rama Is Back in Times Square, in a Tamer Guise 2010-12-06T02:50:00Z He had written a note beforehand saying he was sorry and would be jumping from either the George Washington Bridge or the totemic skyscraper. After New York bridge jumps, officials seek barriers to public suicide 2010-10-23T22:59:00Z Various animals in the sky-world and vegetation spirits are recognised, besides the totemic ancestral spirits, who play an important part. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z They are divided into seven tribes, obviously totemic, and with rules as to exogamy still in force. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z "The NHS is a totemic issue for the British people," he says. Britain: Sparing Health Care from Budget Cuts 2010-10-14T15:00:00Z Prioritising income tax allowances over inheritance tax was a victory for the Liberal Democrats over what had been a totemic Conservative policy. Coalition agreement: our complete audit of the programme for government 2010-09-17T07:30:00Z But cutting any further on tax collection would show beyond doubt that government cuts are ideological and totemic, and not based on sound economics. Tax collection. Now there's a moral crusade for the Tories 2010-09-04T06:30:00Z The main features of social groupings are the tribe, the local groups, the classes, the totemic clans and the families. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z That said, carrier bags are totemic and not the biggest waste issue we face. Plastic bag use plummets in supermarkets since 2006 2010-08-25T16:14:00Z In a way, they seem like totemic placeholders who await being supplanted by James’s face. 99 Problems, but Marketing Isn?t One 2010-07-02T01:55:00Z A speech he gave attacking the "greed is good" culture made him seem keener to question business ethics than tackle totemic policy issues such as lower taxes and cuts in public spending. Richard Lambert steps down early as CBI director general 2010-06-28T23:01:00Z Chiles' presence as main presenter is totemic for ITV, a bid to win hearts, minds and viewers that traditionally gravitate towards the BBC at big sporting events. Martin Kelner: Adrian Chiles v Gary Lineker 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z Speaking generally it may be said that every totemic group has certain ceremonies associated with it and that these refer to old totemic ancestors. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The third and last five-day strike ends on Wednesday, as a row over inflight staffing levels escalates into one of the most totemic industrial disputes in decades. Will BA row keep union flags flying? 2010-06-04T18:08:00Z Playing footie sims alongside the finals is a totemic act, a kind of technological equivalent of sticking pins into dolls crudely dressed as opposing centre forwards. World Cup 2010: video game predicts winner (it's not England) 2010-06-04T14:17:00Z "It's people pushing the debate into mobilizing others into thinking this is a totemic issue of human rights and right-versus-wrong—and it's not." Israel's Isolation Deepens 2010-06-03T03:00:00Z In Paul's narrative, the hero is the Constitution -- a totemic symbol representing the Founding Fathers. How Rand Paul became the Tea Party's Obama 2010-05-14T12:01:00Z There are no totemic tabus nor is there worship of the clan totem. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Denim has a kind of totemic quality in popular culture as a symbol of youth and rebellion, and the moments when that association is violated can poison our outlook for years. Double denim is back 2010-03-17T00:52:00Z Governments and investors may well be attaching too much importance to the totemic AAA grade, however. Sovereign-debt ratings: The grim rater 2010-03-04T11:17:00Z Great respect is paid to these animals, and frequently the clan refrains from eating the whole or a portion of the totemic animal. Harper's Round Table, July 30, 1895 For the association of four Mexican tribes with four tribal trees and totemic birds, see fig. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The former are patrilineal and the latter are grouped into matrilineal exogamic totemic clans. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z Sitka Jack, and Kooska, and Hydah Jake, all fashioned bracelets, spoons, and other articles, carved with totemic designs of delicate beauty and line of proportion, made from silver coins which they melted down. The Story of Sitka The Historic Outpost of the Northwest Coast While the tribal or totemic design may have originated the custom, he wishes to be attractive to others, and his first emotions of beauty are thus expressed. History of Human Society When the totemic constitution of the tribe or clan is weakened, the crest may become more important than the totem, as is the case among the Haidas. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV It is, perhaps, permissible to advance the hypothesis that the personages on the slabs are representatives of the seven tribes and display their totemic devices. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The Seri are loosely organised in a number of exogamic, matrilineal, totemic clans. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The main dances of the Inviting-In Festival are totemic in character, performed by trained actors to appease the totems of the hunters, and insure success for the coming season. The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo The version of Kidder is the more complete, in giving not only the Indian totemic marks, but also the autographs in facsimile of all the English officials. A Half Century of Conflict - Volume I France and England in North America In some cases clans and tribes have distinctive crests or badges, generally totemic figures or parts of such figures. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV In Mexico the totemic lord of the chase was named Opochtli. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Where a totemic group is a clan and consists of relations all of one line of descent, a man is prohibited from marrying a woman of his own group by the ordinary rule of relationship. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z On these is a painted model of the totemic animals of the deceased. The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo They have no distinctive symbolism, however, and are destitute of the characteristic spots which members of the Rabbit clan now invariably place on their totemic signatures. Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744 The Kurnai show the greatest divergence from the ordinary type—they have neither totemic clans nor exogamous classes; their rule of exogamy relates to districts. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Each of the twenty classes or clans had its day, known by a particular sign which was also its totemic mark. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations These now eat their hereditary totem without scruple—a sure sign that the totemic system is dying out, although still outwardly in full force. Man, Past and Present 2011-03-28T02:00:29.283Z The "totemic" prohibition in this instance really seems to have a hygienic origin. The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism If this is a probable view of the course of totemic evolution, we may more confidently refer to its final stages for further evidence. Folklore as an Historical Science But within totemic areas the usage varies in a remarkable manner, as, for example, in Australia. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The fact that the names and signs of the days are identical with the totemic tribal distinctions imposed for governmental reasons, is one which I shall proceed to demonstrate more fully. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations On the high ground across the stream is a cemetery containing a number of curious totemic carvings, hung with offerings to departed spirits. Klondike Nuggets and How Two Boys Secured Them The trader broke down the old totemic divisions, and appointed chiefs regardless of the Indian social organization, to foster his trade. The Character and Influence of the Indian Trade in Wisconsin It proves from survivals in folklore that totemistic people once lived in ancient Ireland, just as the corresponding evidence proved that the ancient Semitic stock possessed the totemic organisation. Folklore as an Historical Science The food restrictions in Borneo and Sumatra are not definitely totemic. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV They razed this to the ground, and carried off to their own metropolis the totemic images of the rulers of the tribe. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The small local or titular groups of ordinary Hindu castes are called ‘section,’ and the totemic groups of the primitive tribes ‘sept.’ The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) The famous golden calf of the Israelites, which was the object of Moses' anger, was a totemic idol. The Necessity of Atheism I claim that there is nothing that remains which is inconsistent with the interpretation given of the totemic items. Folklore as an Historical Science Occasionally exemptions from the rule of abstention are procured, perhaps under Aryan influence; such influence has affected many of the tribes, but has not usually destroyed the old totemic customs. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV This is a fact of utmost importance, for it definitely connects distinct personalities, obviously chieftains with composite glyphs, some composite parts of which are obviously totemic. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations Similarly with all the other totemic groups within the tribe. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Large totemic eating bowl with representations of the gentile crane. Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Pueblos of Zuñi, New Mexico, and Wolpi, Arizona, in 1881 Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881-82, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1884, pages 511-594 Of course, the obvious questions to raise are—have the Semang people lost a once existing social system connected with their totemic cult? Folklore as an Historical Science In Northwestern America the magical performances are not connected with totemic clans. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV One inference from this might be that the serpent was the totemic animal of the ancient builders of this city. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations The totemic design, beside which the arm-bone is buried, represents the spot at which the totemic ancestor of the deceased finally went down into the earth. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Mr. Jones was an educated Ojibwa Episcopal clergyman, and a member of the Missasauga—i.e., the Eagle totemic division of that tribe of Indians living in Canada. The Mide'wiwin or "Grand Medicine Society" of the Ojibwa Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 143-300 Now we may test these conclusions by applying the theory they contain to an actual case of totemic society. Folklore as an Historical Science It appears, then, that not one of the points just mentioned is found invariably in the systems of organization commonly called totemic. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV A priest with a flower on his head presents a diminutive human figure to the totemic bird perched on the tree. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations And what has actually happened to this particular totemic ancestor might under favourable circumstances happen to many others. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia This is clearly of totemic significance here, as it occurs in that part of the codex where birth and infant baptism are shown. Animal Figures in the Maya Codices Among the Semang people, their totemic belief and custom do not carry with them a superstructure of society. Folklore as an Historical Science There appears to be a movement away from Australian totemism, growing more pronounced as we go eastward, and culminating in Fiji, in which totemic features are very rare. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV There seems to be no trace of clan or totemic grouping among the Bagobo. The Wild Tribes of Davao District, Mindanao The R. F. Cummings Philippine Expedition Like other totemic ancestors the Wollunqua is supposed to have wandered about the country leaving supplies of spirit individuals at various points, individuals who are constantly undergoing reincarnation. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia But there is much in their general appearance that suggests they may have been totemic in origin, and that whatever of ornamental character they may possess is of secondary importance. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 It is checked in Australian totemic society by rules which show a strong development from the primitive. Folklore as an Historical Science A departure from ordinary totemic usage appears in the fact that in many cases the sacred objects receive worship. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Indians are generally named at first according to a clan or totemic system, but later in life often acquire a new name or perhaps several names in succession from some exploit or adventure. Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Among Other Peoples And Deaf-Mutes First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-1880, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 263-552 Like all other totemic ancestors the Wollunqua is said to have arisen at a particular spot, to have wandered about the country, and finally to have gone down into the ground. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia The hawk, heron, woodpecker, crow, beaver, otter, wild cat, squirrel, rattlesnake, and others, have all figured largely in the totemic divisions of our North American Indians. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 Have the Arunta people had imposed upon them a social system which has not destroyed their primitive totemic cult? Folklore as an Historical Science In the great Algonkin stock844 the evidence for a distinct totemic organization is similarly indefinite. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The American tribes, where simple totemic exogamy is not the rule, are organised in two and sometimes three or more, up to ten, phratries. Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia As a rule, only the souls of persons of one particular totemic clan are thought to congregate in one place. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia Their sacred nature too would enable us to understand how naturally pipes would be selected as the medium for totemic representations. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 Mr. Morgan has shown us totemic society in its highest form of development, untouched by other influences of sufficient consequence to divert its natural evolution. Folklore as an Historical Science The custom of apologizing to an animal on killing it, frequent elsewhere, is reported as existing among the Algonkin Ottawas and Menomini; but this is not necessarily totemic. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV It is of course well known that the initiation ceremonies and totemic system of the northern tribes on both sides of the Gulf of Carpentaria differ somewhat widely from the normal Australian form. Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia The ghosts are very clannish; as a rule none but people of one particular totemic clan are supposed to for-gather at any one place. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia As a theory to account for the number and character of these animal carvings the totemic theory is perhaps as tenable as any. Animal Carvings from Mounds of the Mississippi Valley Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 117-166 But even here it is necessary to bear in mind that primitive as the Australians are, they are not so primitive as to be in the primary stages of totemic society. Folklore as an Historical Science Similar totemic clan functions appear in the islands of Torres Straits, the Turtle and Dugong clans performing ceremonies to increase the supply of turtles and to attract dugongs. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Among the Narrinyeri and the Yuin the kinship organisation, which is confined to totemic groups, takes a local form; here the regulation of marriage depends on considerations of the residence of the pair. Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia We reach relatively firm ground, on the other hand, when we pass on to consider the social organization of such exogamous and totemic peoples as the natives of Australia. Anthropology Tribes fought against tribes when totemic animals were slain. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria They have developed, and developed strongly along totemic lines, and we know that such development once started has the capacity to proceed far. Folklore as an Historical Science The indications of totemic organization in Borneo are slight: there are sacred animals that are not eaten, and there is a vague feeling of kinship with animals—phenomena that are not necessarily totemic. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV On the contrary, he maintains that 'the aspect of the totemic system, which we have hitherto been accustomed to describe as religious, deserves rather to be called magical'. Recent Developments in European Thought For some unknown reason they are totemic, one group calling itself Cockatoo, the other calling itself Crow, whilst each feels in consequence that its members are "all-one-flesh" in some mysterious and moving sense. Anthropology Mr. Garstang, in The Syrian Goddess, thinks it possible that the boar which killed Adonis was of totemic origin. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria This is the definite conclusion to be drawn from the anthropological interpretation of the presence of totemic beliefs among the survivals of folklore. Folklore as an Historical Science A tree as totem would naturally be the object of some sort of cult, and when it took the form of a post or pole, would have totemic symbols carved on it. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The ill-luck supposed to follow the killing of certain animals may also be reminiscent of totemic tabus. The Religion of the Ancient Celts The clan, it is true, whether matrilineal or patrilineal, tends at the totemic level of society to eclipse the family. Anthropology In this early stage of development the widespread totemic beliefs appear to have had origin. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria In particular, the great European civilisations are not totemic, nor are they to be seen passing from totemism. Folklore as an Historical Science This procedure is connected with the advance of individualism, the old totemic or other relation being superseded by an individual relation to a guardian spirit. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The sagacity of the elders of the tribe in preserving their own control and in perpetuating totemic lore must compel the unfeigned admiration of the modern ethnologist. The Minister and the Boy A Handbook for Churchmen Engaged in Boys' Work On the other hand, the totemic clan, of all the formally recognized groupings of society to which an individual belongs in virtue of his birth and kinship, is, so to speak, the most specific. Anthropology The archaic Sumerian animal and composite monster gods of animistic and totemic origin survived after the anthropomorphic period as mythical figures, which were used for decorative or magical purposes and as symbols. Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Some, covered with obscene totemic figures and designs, were carved from solid tree trunks forty or fifty feet in length. The Red One The northeastern tribes have many food taboos, which, however, relate not to the totemic clans but to the exogamous subclasses. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Among the many the mysteries of "Kidj-o-bang" dwell with the past, though it is still associated with the ceremonies of the bestowal of totemic names on the children of a certain father. Tropic Days If we now turn to totemic society, with its elaborate clan-system, it is quite another story. Anthropology Tom's totemic title, "Kitalbarra," is derived from a splinter of a rock off an islet to the southeast of Dunk Island. Confessions of a Beachcomber We shall see hereafter that, in the early ages, mankind, all over the world, was divided into totemic septs or families, bearing animal names. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel There is little evidence for totemic food restrictions in North America. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV These were rude representations of events, the symbols being chiefly the totemic devices of the tribes. Se-quo-yah; from Harper's New Monthly, V.41 For instance, the totemic groups cease to have direct connection with the marriage system, and, on the strength of the ceremonies associated with them, develop into what are known as secret societies. Anthropology "Jimmy," Tom and Nelly's son, born in civilisation, bears a second name, that of a deceased uncle, "Toola-un-guy," the totemic rendering of which is now unknown. Confessions of a Beachcomber We shall see hereafter that these totemic distinctions probably represented original race or ethnic differences. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel When the true gods appear the totemic and individual half-gods disappear. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Banners, flags, and armorial bearings are supposed to be survivals of the old totemic tattooing. Atlantis : the antediluvian world The old prohibition, extinct in law, persists in custom; unless we say that the Kaitish are now merely imitating the usual practice of the rest of the totemic races of the world. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia The Chasas of Orissa believe that if they were to injure their totemic animal they would be attacked by leprosy and their line would die out. The Golden Bough Among the Jews there was the stock of the serpent, Nashon, to which David belonged; and there is no doubt that they were once divided into totemic families. Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel Thus local exogamy may have superseded clan exogamy in many places, the former representing the more settled habit of life, and the absence of the totemic constitution may indicate a process of decay of totemism. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Then, just like the other totemic tribes, they feigned to be of the blood and lineage of the sun. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Unlike the tribes of the south-east, they have co-operative totemic magic. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia The Dieri tribe of Central Australia, who are divided into totemic clans, explain their origin by the following legend. Darwin and Modern Science In a small community a certain number of women would, however, choose the same object, and thus totemic groups would arise. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Exogamy supposes a body of clans, and, given a group of totemic clans, it would naturally be attached to these, and so become an organic part of their social constitution. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The badge and the name once adopted, other totemic features would follow. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV A peculiarity in the totemic system of the Euahlayi—the right of each individual to kill and eat his own totem—has been mentioned, and may be associated here with other taboos on food. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia Such a belief is often found among totemic tribes who imagine that their ancestors sprang from their totemic animals or plants; but it is by no means confined to them. Darwin and Modern Science A badge, chosen for convenience, may have been the beginning of a totemic organization. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV These are possibly survivals of totemic names, but there is no account of the existence of totemic groups among them. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV In the first place, the conditions under which reverence for a totemic animal may make it tame do not appear to have existed in totemic society. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The question is how a human group came to enter into the totemic relation. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV However, it is not said that all the totemic clans of the Arunta were thus developed; no such tradition, for example, is told to explain the origin of the important Witchetty Grub clan. Darwin and Modern Science Along with its very elaborate tabooism the island has beliefs concerning animals that are found in totemic systems but do not take the form of totemism proper. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV In the form, then, in which it is known, the Iroquois organization cannot be called totemic—whether it was originally such must be left undetermined. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV This view would account for totemic reverence and for the sense of kinship, but the objection to it is that in most totemic organizations the belief in question has not been certified. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Exogamy may thus be regarded as a natural and frequent accompaniment of totemism, but it is not a universal and necessary element of the totemic constitution. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV As a general rule the totemic clan bears the name of its totem. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV But these associations are not voluntary—all initiated men belong to them perforce—and they are not divorced from totemic relations. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV There is no clear report of totemic food restrictions in Central America or in South America;814 but these regions have as yet not been thoroughly examined for clan usages. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Among the earliest of theories were those that explained the totemic constitution as due to a confusion in the minds of savages between names and things. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV We find, in fact, that in many cases totemic regulations are less strict where the food supply is plentiful and where agriculture is practiced. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV But, if we leave the question of intellectual capacity aside, there are facts that seem to throw doubt on the totemic origin of domestication. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV The situation is an exceptional one and cannot be regarded as evidence of general totemic worship. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV This brief account of the most important adjunct of totemism may serve to clear the way for the consideration of the totemic system. Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV |
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