totemism

A belief in totems or in kinship through common affiliation to a totem.

The practice of establishing affiliation through totems.

The system of tribal subdivision denoted by totems; the use of totems, with all the social and religious observances connected with them; the constitution of society as marked by these observances.

The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem.

Superstitious regard for a totem; the worship of any real or imaginary object; nature worship.

The belief that a person or group has a special mystical relationship to a totem

belief in the kinship of a group of people with a common totem