Totems...

[jaelie]

Question for yall, out of sheer curiosity. If you had to pick an animal or thing to be your "totem," what would it be and why?

By totem, I mean a critter that has some meaning to you because either you like what it means mythologically, symbolically, or historically, or that its actual characteristics match your ideas of yourself.

Anyway, for a few of you, I know.

Examples:

I'm going out on a limb, but I think dogdoolb's totem animal is a wolf. I think his tatoos give him away.

fuzake's totem is a coyote.

My parents, back in their hard core scouting days, were given their totems at a jamboree or something. My mom's is a buffalo and my dad's is an eagle.

Comments

[lolafae.livejournal.com]

OK, not so much a racoon - but not a tiger either.

See here. (http://www.fortunecity.com/millenium/bertisevil/537/projects/totems/animalwk.htm)

I'm thinking a horse and Pegasus would be mine.

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

First of all, I love raccoons. :P I don't care that city ones are not so healthy. In the wild, they're a bit of a varmint for farmers and rural folk, but they're cute and sneaky and smart.

My boss digs horses, too, so if she had a totem that's prolly what it would be.

I read that write up on horse and pegasus. I liked 'em. I need to get to know you better. ^_^