Totem animals.

Totem animals play a big role in our lives, they capture the imagination and provide incredible opportunities for self-awareness and self-expression. Totemism is a belief system in which people have an affinity or mystical relationship with a spiritual being such as an animal or plant. It is believed that the entity (totem) interacts with a certain kindred group or individual and serves as an emblem or symbol. The term "totem" comes from the Ojibwe word "ototeman", which translates as "relative of a brother or sister." The root "ote" means blood relationship between brothers and sisters who have the same mother.