Totem (disambiguation)
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A totem
Totem
A totem is a stipulated ancestor of a group of people, such as a family, clan, group, lineage, or tribe.Totems support larger groups than the individual person. In kinship and descent, if the apical ancestor of a clan is nonhuman, it is called a totem...

is an entity that watches over or assists a group of people.

Totem may also refer to:
  • Totem pole
    Totem pole
    Totem poles are monumental sculptures carved from large trees, mostly Western Red Cedar, by cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America...

    , a monumental sculpture carved from trees

Arts and entertainment

  • Tótem
    Tótem
    Tótem was an Uruguayan Rock band formed in the early 1970s. One of the most important massive phenomena of Uruguayan music and represented the height of the Candombe beat.-Band members:1971*Ruben Rada...

    , a Uruguayan band formed in the early 1970s
  • Totem (Zazie album), 2007
  • Totem (Nazxul album), 1995
  • Totem (Cirque du Soleil)
    Totem (Cirque du Soleil)
    Totem is a touring show by Cirque du Soleil which premiered in Montréal on April 22, 2010. It was created and directed by previous collaborator Robert Lepage...

     a show premiering in Montréal in May 2010
  • Totem (Paluzzi)
    Totem (Paluzzi)
    Totem, is a public artwork by American-Spanish artist Rinaldo Paluzzi, located on the grounds of White River State Park, which is in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The sculpture is made of stainless steel and is a triangular shaped vertical "tube" with triangular and trapezoidal cut-outs in...

    , a sculpture by artist Rinaldo Paluzzi
  • Totems (video game)
    Totems (video game)
    Totems is a cancelled video game for the Xbox 360 and PC developed by 10Tacle Studios Belgium.-Gameplay, story and universe:Totems is a 3D platformer for the Xbox 360 and PC. The Player controls the main character Gia, a parkour expert. Gia inherits various powers from four different animal totem...

    , a video game for the Xbox 360 and PC
  • The Totem, a novel by David Morrell
    David Morrell
    David Morrell is a Canadian-American novelist, best known for his debut 1972 novel First Blood, which would later become the successful Rambo film franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 26 languages...

  • "Totem", a song on the 1996 Rush album Test for Echo
    Test for Echo
    Test for Echo is the sixteenth studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1996. The album marks the final Rush work prior to the events in Neil Peart's life that put the band on hiatus for several years...

  • Totem (film)
    Totem (film)
    Totem is a 1999 direct-to-video released by Full Moon Features. The film was directed by David DeCoteau , and stars Jason Faunt, Marissa Tait, Eric W...

    , a 1999 film
  • An object that allows the user to distinguish dreams from reality in the 2010 film Inception
    Inception
    Inception: The Subconscious Jams 1994-1995 is a compilation of unreleased tracks by the band Download.-Track listing:# "Primitive Tekno Jam" – 3:23# "Bee Sting Sickness" – 8:04# "Weed Acid Techno" – 8:19...


Science and technology

  • TOTEM
    TOTEM
    TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement is one of the six detector experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. The other five are: ATLAS, ALICE, CMS, LHCb, and LHCf. It shares intersection point IP5 with the Compact Muon Solenoid...

    , an experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
  • Totem (software), a free software media player for GNOME
  • Totem Acoustic
    Totem Acoustic
    Totem Acoustic is a Montreal, Canada-based manufacturer of loudspeaker systems.-History:Totem Acoustic was founded in 1987 by Vince Bruzzese, also the company's chief designer. The totem represents, to the native North American people, an entity that chooses an individual and then guides that...

    , a Montreal, Canada-based manufacturer of loudspeaker systems
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