Animal Totem Quotes & Sayings

I love everybody. I think my totem animal is a Labrador Retriever. — Abigail Disney

The most ancient and important taboo prohibitions are the two basic laws of totemism: not to kill the totem animal and to avoid sexual intercourse with members of the totem clan of the opposite sex. — Sigmund Freud

When two strangers in a tribal society want to trade, they will often establish trust by appealing to a common god, mythical ancestor or totem animal. — Yuval Noah Harari

Animals are not only beholders of great beauty,
but they are also beholders of ancient wisdom. — Molly Friedenfeld

What is a totem? It is as a rule an animal (whether edible and harmless or dangerous and feared) and more rarely a plant or a natural phenomenon (such as rain or water), which stands in a peculiar relation to the whole clan. In the first place, the totem is the common ancestor of the clan; at the same time it is their guardian spirit and helper, which sends them oracles and, if dangerous to others, recognizes and spares its own children. — Sigmund Freud

Sarcasm is my sacred totem animal. I swear I wouldn't survive without it. — Anonymous

Like a wolf, she lived by instinct. — Nikki Rowe