"Totemism" Article - Table of Contents INTRODUCTION Part 1. Totemism: Introduction. The Clan Totem. TOTEMISM AS A RELIGION, OR THE RELATION BETWEEN A MAN AND HIS TOTEM Part 2. Totemism as a Religion Part 3. Birth Ceremonies. Marriage. Death Ceremonies. Part 4. Ceremonies at Puberty. Sex Totems. Part 5. Individual Totems. SOCIAL ASPECT OF TOTEMISM, OR THE RELATION OF MEN OF A TOTEM TO EACH OTHER AND TO MEN OF OTHER TOTEMS Part 6. Social Aspect of Totemism. (1) Blood Feud. (2) Exogamy. Part 7. (3) Rules of Descent. GEOGRAPHICAL DIFFUSION OF TOTEMISM Part 8. Geographical Diffusion of Totemism. BIBLIOGRAPHY Part 9. Bibliography - Totemism. The above article was written by James George Frazer, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., Litt.D.; Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Barrister; author of Totemism; The Golden Bough; and Pausanias, and other Greek Sketches.
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