A '''fylgia''' is the personal totem or protective spirit (guardian angel).
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...ury an animal in the foundations. It might be an heritage of the old pagan totem and guardian animals as it was believed that its spirit would rise and prot
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...unknown if the burrokeet derive from the Greek centaur or is a true local totem.
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The Sarimanok originated from a totem bird of the Maranaos known as ''Itotoro''. Itotoro acts as a medium to the
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...pursues Gwion through a cycle of changing shapes, which correspond both to totem animals and to the turning of the seasons; this theme is related to that of
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...ver 7,000 years, often in jade and originally on good-luck totems. It is a totem of eastern tribes in ancient China. Current theories suggest that it may be
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...d with Sisiutl include masks, “flying" props, power boards (dance boards), totem poles, clubs, knives, whistles, house beams, button blankets, drums, wooden
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[[Image:Thunderbird on Totem Pole.jpg|thumb|Depiction of a Thunderbird on a totem pole]]
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...dimly-remembered, pre-Hellenic fraternal earth cult who had the horse as a totem. A similar theory was incorporated into Mary Renault's ''The Bull from the
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...alistic mannerisms, [[live action roleplay]], the wearing of furs or other totem-animal items, and even artificial fangs, claws, ear prosthetics or cat-eye
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...nywhere is, "Sasquatch territory." The Sasquatch is, in fact, a local clan totem and the band is nonchalant about the creature's existence, except to say th
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Others believe werewolf legends arose as a part of [[shamanism]] and [[totem]] animals in primitive and nature-based cultures.{{citation needed}} The te
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This is a subset of the general idea of eating a totem to absorb its distinctive power, much like tiger penis is eaten to promote
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