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The Secret of the Totem

The Secret of the Totem

by Andrew Lang

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About this eBook

Author
Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
Credits
Produced by Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Internet Archive.)
Language
English
LoC Class
GN: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Anthropology
Subject
Totemism
Category
Text
eBook-No.
45363
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45363
Release Date
April 11, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE SECRET OF THE TOTEM — BY
  2. 2.ANDREW LANG — INTRODUCTION — THE SECRET OF THE TOTEM — CHAPTER I — ORIGIN OF TOTEMISM — CHAPTER II — METHOD OF INQUIRY — CHAPTER III — THEORY OF PRIMAL PROMISCUITY — CHAPTER IV — THE ARUNTA ANOMALY — CHAPTER V — THE THEORIES OF DR. DURKHEIM — CHAPTER VI — THE AUTHOR'S THEORY — CHAPTER VII — RISE OF PHRATRIES AND TOTEM KINS — CHAPTER VIII — A NEW POINT EXPLAINED — CHAPTER IX — TOTEMIC REDISTRIBUTION — CHAPTER X — MATRIMONIAL CLASSES — CHAPTER XI — MR. FRAZER'S THEORY OF TOTEMISM — APPENDIX — SOME AMERICAN THEORIES OF TOTEMISM

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