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 Translation for 'totem' from English to Danish
NOUN   a totem | totems
totem poletotempæl {fk}
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Translation for 'totem' from English to Danish

totem pole
totempæl {fk}
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Usage Examples English
  • The Tlingit carve crests on totem poles made of cedar trees.
  • She specializes in carving totem poles and masks, including a 1982 totem pole carved for the Museum of Northern British Columbia in Prince Rupert.
  • Since 2000, he has carved twenty five totem poles with his father and on his own. His first solo totem pole was made in 2005.
  • Ketchikan has the world's largest collection of standing totem poles, found throughout the city and at four major locations: Saxman Totem Park, Totem Bight State Park, Potlatch Park, and the Totem Heritage Center.
  • The Dinka inherit a totem from both their parents.

  • In ancient Ghana, the warrior Tantu asked Anansi the Spider to create a totem that would give the wearer all of the powers of the animal kingdom, only if they would use the power to protect the innocent.
  • After the plaza was named, Canadian Ambassador Richard Plant Bower worked to arrange the delivery of a totem pole from Canada to Buenos Aires.
  • "Untitled Totem Pole" (also known as simply "Untitled" or "Totem Pole") is a 1984 cedar totem pole created by James Bender and Marvin Oliver, installed in Seattle's Victor Steinbrueck Park, in the U.S.
  • The Pioneer Square totem pole, also referred to as the Seattle totem pole and historically as the Chief-of-All-Women pole, is a Tlingit totem pole located in Pioneer Square in downtown Seattle, Washington.
  • The moray eel (Dabea) is considered to be the totem fish (ika) for the Navatu people, and the Vesi tree as their totem tree or plant (kau).

  • The identification by totem has very important ramifications at traditional ceremonies such as the Basimba burial ceremony.
  • A noble shaman on the island of Kalimba protects her people through a mystic totem pole.
  • A totem ambigram is an ambigram whose letters are stacked like a totem, most often offering a vertical axis mirror symmetry.
  • Jackson has created more than 50 totem poles, Other totem poles stand outside Juneau-Douglas High School, Juneau's Centennial Hall, at Saxman Totem Park, and at the Totem Heritage Center in Ketchikan.
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