Download or read book Totemism and Exogamy, Vol. 2 of 4 written by J. G. Frazer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-18 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Totemism and Exogamy, Vol. 2 of 4: A Treatise on Certain Early Forms, of Superstition and Society In each island there were a number of totem clans, all the members of each clan having the same totem or totems. Most of these clans had more than one totem, but one Principal totem was more important than the others and might be called the chief totem, while the rest were subsidiary. In some cases two or more clans might have the same chief totem while their subsidiary totems differed. For example. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.