totem pole

English - Turkish

Definition of totem pole in English Turkish dictionary: totem direği; totem heykeli; Totem
low man on the totem pole: zurnanın son deliği
totem poles: totem direkleri

English - English

Definition of totem pole in English English dictionary: Native American sculpture made by carving trees; A totem pole is a long wooden pole with symbols and pictures carved and painted on it. Totem poles are made by some Native American peoples and placed outside their homes. Carved and painted vertical log, constructed by many Northwest Coast Indian peoples. The poles display mythological images, usually animal spirits, whose significance is their association with the lineage. Each figure represents a type of family crest. Some poles relate a family legend in the form of pictographs. Poles are erected to identify the owner of a house or other property, welcome visitors, indicate a portal or passageway, mark a gravesite, and even to ridicule an important person who failed in some way. See also symbol; totemism; a tribal emblem consisting of a pillar carved and painted with totemic figures; erected by Indian tribes of the northwest Pacific coast; Indians of the Koluschan stock; A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of the northwest coast of North America, esp; pole that is carved with the mascot figures of an Indian tribe
totem poles: plural form of totem pole
low man on the totem pole: {i} person who is low in rank, one who is least important

totem pole

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to·tem pole

tōtım pōl

/ˈtōtəm ˈpōl/ /ˈtoʊtəm ˈpoʊl/

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