The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim
CHAPTER II
TOTEMIC BELIEFS--(_continued_)
_The Totemic Animal and Man_
I.--Sacred character of the totemic animals--Prohibition to
eat them, kill them or pick the totemic plants--Different
moderations given these prohibitions--Prohibition of
contact--The sacred character of the animal is less marked
than that of the emblem 128
II.--The man--His relationship with the totemic animal or
plant--Different myths explaining this relationship--The sacred
character of the man is more apparent in certain parts of the
organism: the blood, hair, etc.--How this character varies with
sex and age--Totemism is not plant or animal worship 134