Totems - horsefly?

Question

Does anyone know the meaning of a horsefly totem?

Answer 1

A totem is some animal, plant, or other natural event which is associated with a particular tribal group. Members of this group relate not only their origins with their totem, but also their eventual fate and welfare. The term totem comes from the language of the Ojibwa of Canada. Their word dotem/oteman means "he is a relative of mine."

For some scholars of religion, like Durkheim, totems were regarded as symbolic of the nature of all religions, even those which did not use them overtly. The term "totemism" was created to designate those religious practices and beliefs which are directly related to identification of a particular totem object.

Other religious scholars, like Levi-Strauss, argued that totemism does not really explain the early development of religion. Indeed, according to Levi-Strauss the concept of totems does not properly belong in the domain of religion at all. Under this view, totems are symbols which mediate social relations by forming categories of social thought and relationships.

Answer 2

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