Totem is the carrier to record God's soul. Ancient primitive tribes were superstitious about some natural or related relatives, ancestors and protectors. , and use them as a sign or symbol of this clan. Primitive people's worship of nature is the basis of totem. It is the earliest cultural phenomenon in human history to explain myths, classics and folk customs with totems.
People in different regions and countries have different totem worship. For example, in China, the totem is generally a dragon, while in Russia, there is a bear totem worship.
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The first sentence at the beginning of The Secret History of Mongolia reads: The ancestors of Cheng Hehan are Kyle Temujin and his wife Heumann Le, totem wolves and deer worshipped by Mongols.
In addition, influenced by the Han culture in the Central Plains, Mongolians also worship dragons, and other tribes have totem worship of trees and yaks. All kinds of totem myths reflect the characteristics of Mongolian nationality and have many similarities with the myths of northern nationalities, especially Altai nationality, reflecting the close relationship between them. ?
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