图腾一词是北美印第安阿尔兖琴部落奥吉布瓦方言totem的汉语音译,意为“他的亲属”和“他的图腾标记”(见任继愈主编的《宗教词典》,上海辞书出版社1981年12月出版)。最早把这一名词翻译介绍到中国的是清末民初的学者严复。其实,其他民族也有与图腾相对应的专有名词。何星亮的《中国 The term totem is the Chinese transliteration of the dialect totem of the North American Indian Armenian tribe called Ojibwa, meaning “his relatives” and “his totem mark” (see “Religious Dictionary” edited by Ren Jiyu, published by Shanghai Dictionary Society published in December 1981). The earliest translation of this term introduced to China is the late Qing Dynasty scholar Yan Fu. In fact, other nationalities also have totem-specific terminology. He Xingliang’s "China