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the spirit or soul of a member of a totem tribe at death ? 
is it thought to transmigrate into the totem ? 
15. Are omens drawn from the appearance, motions, cries. 
&c., of the totem ? 16. Is the totem supposed to help the tribe 
or clan in any way ? 17. Is food offered to the totem animal 1 
Is it caught and kept in captivity ? 18. Is the totem ever 
treated like a human being, dressed in clothes, prayed to, &c. i 
19. Is constraint ever placed on the totem, in order to compel 
it to grant the wishes of the tribe ? 20. Is the totem animal 
ever killed as a solemn ceremony '? If so, is this killing or 
sacrifice occasional or periodic ? If occasional, what are the 
occasions ? if periodic, what are the periods ? When the 
totem is so killed, do the members of the totem tribe or clan 
partake of its flesh as a solemn rite ? is its blood sprinkled 
upon them or upon the houses ? If its flesh is not eaten, 
what is done with it ? what is done with the bones ? what 
with the skin 1 What is the object and efficacy of this rite ? 
Is the slain animal regarded as a scapegoat to take away the 
misfortunes and sins of the people ? Is it supposed to come 
to life again immediately after it is killed ? 21. Are there 
totem dances ? i.e., do the members of the totem tribe or clan 
dress up in the skins of the totem animal and represent its 
movements and cries ? On what occasions, and with what 
object, are such dances performed ? 
22. Does each tribesman or clansman revere all members of 
the totem species equally V or does he suppose that he has a 
special connection with one particular individual of the 
species'? e.g., if he is a Wolf, does he respect all wolves 
equally ? or does he think that one particular wolf is his 
special friend ; and that his fate or life is bound up in that 
particular wolf so closely that if it dies or is killed he must 
himself die at the same moment ? 
23. In addition to the tribal or clan totem, has each man a 
totem of his own ? i.e., an animal, plant, &c., which he 
specially reveres and with which he conceives that his fate is 
bound up ? how does he acquire his personal totem ? is it 
chosen for him at his birth by his parents or the priest ? or 
does he choose it for himself, and, if so, how and with what 
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