# The Secret of the Totem

Author: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912

Genre: Category: Archaeology & Anthropology

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45363

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Secret+of+the+Totem+Lang&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The making of the local tribe of savagery--Earliest known stage of society--Result of complex processes--Elaborate tribal rules--Laws altered deliberately: sometimes borrowed--Existing legislative methods of savages not primitive--The tribe a gradual conquest of culture--The tribe a combination of small pre-tribal kinships--History of progress towards the tribe traceable in surviving institutions--From passion to Law--Rudeness of native culture in Australia--Varieties of social organisation there--I. Tribes with two phratries, totems, female descent--Tribes of this organisation differ as to ceremonies and beliefs--Some beliefs tend to polytheism: others towards monotheism--Some tribes of...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-totem-45363/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-totem-45363/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-totem-45363/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-totem-45363/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-totem-45363/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-totem-45363/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-totem-45363/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-totem-45363/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-totem-45363/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-totem-45363/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter IV.)](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-totem-45363/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-totem-45363/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter VI., criticism of Dr. Pikler). Mr, McLennan merely](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-secret-of-the-totem-45363/chapters/3/index.md)