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The elk is a common image in many Baltic Finnic petroglyphs. [note 1]Baltic Finnic paganism, or Baltic Finnic polytheism was the indigenous religion of the various of the Baltic Finnic peoples, specifically the Finns, Estonians, Võros, Setos, Karelians, Veps, Izhorians, Votes and Livonians, prior to Christianisation.
All members belonging to the Buganda Kingdom belong to a clan each having a totem. Njovu is a Luganda word meaning Elephant .The Head (great grandfather) of the Njovu Clan is Mukalo , he also is the founding father of the Clan .
In the year 2146, eight years before Jake Sully arrives on Pandora (as seen in the Avatar film), the RDA sets up The Ambassador Program (TAP) led by Dr. Alma Cortez and RDA Director John Mercer, with the goal of training five young Na'vi children: the player (referred as "the Sarentu"), Ri'nela, Aha'ri, Teylan, and Nor, to be Na'vi-human ambassadors.
The Latin terms haruspex and haruspicina are from an archaic word, hīra = "entrails, intestines" (cognate with hernia = "protruding viscera" and hira = "empty gut"; PIE *ǵʰer-) and from the root spec-= "to watch, observe". The Greek ἡπατοσκοπία hēpatoskōpia is from hēpar = "liver" and skop-= "to examine".
The sculpture symbolises the Mpologoma (Lion) Clan Totem located in Mengo Kampala Mpologoma clan is among the clans in present-day Uganda that are believed to have come with Kintu . Mpologoma is a name in Luganda which means lion .
In masks and totem pole images she is shown with bright red pursed lips [3] because she is said to give the call "Hu!" It is often told to children that the sound of the wind blowing through the cedar trees is actually the call of Dzunuḵ̓wa.
A totem (from Ojibwe: ᑑᑌᒼ or ᑑᑌᒻ doodem) is a spirit being, sacred object, or symbol that serves as an emblem of a group of people, such as a family, clan, lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system.
Depending on the location or affiliation, jangseung can be divided into village guardian, temple guardian, and public guardian. The village guardian is the god of dongje, and has the functions of village guardian, mural, expelling the harmful ghosts, fire prevention, and gathering happiness for the village.