The Origin Of Totem And Beliefs by Andrew Lang
A concise study of how totemic systems and related religious ideas develop from social and psychological roots, arguing that clan identity, naming practices, taboos, rituals and ancestor veneration transform practical kinship ties and interactions with animals and plants into structured symbolic systems; the work surveys cross-cultural examples and historical speculation to show how animistic tendencies and social organization give rise to myths, ceremonies and enduring beliefs.
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