totem A totem (from or ''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 (anthropology), lineage, or tribe, such as in the Anishinaabe clan system. While the word ...

is a symbol or a spirit that represents and watches over a group of people. Totem may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Film and Theatre

* ''Totem'' (Cirque du Soleil), a show premiering in Montréal in May 2010 * ''Totem'' (film), a 2017 American supernatural horror film * ''Tótem'' (film), a 2023 Mexican drama film * Totem, an object that allows the user to distinguish dreams from reality in the 2010 film ''

Inception ''Inception'' is a 2010 science fiction action heist film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced it with Emma Thomas, his wife. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a professional thief who steals information by inf ...

Music

Tótem (band) Tótem was an Uruguayan rock band formed in the early 1970s. One of the most important massive phenomena of Uruguayan music and represented the height of the Candombe beat. Band members 1971 * Ruben Rada (lead voice and percussion) *Eduardo Uset ...

, an Uruguayan band formed in the early 1970s * "Totem", a song on the 1996 Rush album ''

Test for Echo ''Test for Echo'' is the sixteenth studio album by the Canadian rock band Rush, released on September 10, 1996, by Anthem Records. It was the final Rush album to be co-produced by Peter Collins. The band supported the album with a world tour i ...

Albums

* ''Totem'' (Zazie album), 2007 * ''Totem'' (Satyr album), 2022 *

Totem (Soulfly album) ''Totem'' is the twelfth studio album by American heavy metal band Soulfly. It was released on August 5, 2022, by Nuclear Blast. It is also the first album since 2002 to not feature long running lead guitarist Marc Rizzo who parted ways with the ...

* Totem, a series of albums by Italian rapper En?gma ** Totem – Episodio uno, the first part ** Totem – Episodio due, the second part **

Totem – Episodio tre A totem (from or ''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. While the word ''totem'' itself is an ...

, the third part **

Totem – Episodio quattro A totem (from or ''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. While the word ''totem'' itself is an ...

, the fourth part

Sculptures

* ''Totem'' (Paluzzi), a sculpture by artist Rinaldo Paluzzi *

Totem pole Totem poles () are monumental carvings found in western Canada and the northwestern United States. They are a type of Northwest Coast art, consisting of poles, posts or pillars, carved with symbols or figures. They are usually made from large t ...

, a monumental sculpture carved from trees * Festival totem, identification staffs built for music festivals

Other media

* ''Totems'' (video game), a video game for the Xbox 360 and PC * ''The Totem'', a 1979 novel by

David Morrell David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American author whose debut 1972 novel ''First Blood (novel), First Blood'', later adapted as the 1982 First Blood, film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful Rambo (franchise), ''Ra ...

* ''Totem'', a 2004 poetry collection by Luke Davies

Science and technology

Totem (software) GNOME Videos, formerly known as Totem, is a media player (audio and video) for the GNOME computer desktop environment. GNOME Videos uses the Clutter and GTK+ toolkits. It is officially included in GNOME starting from version 2.10 (released in M ...

, a free software media player for the GNOME computer desktop environment *

TOTEM experiment The TOTEM experiment (TOTal Elastic and diffractive cross section Measurement) is one of the nine detector experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. The other eight are: ATLAS, ALICE, CMS, LHCb, LHCf, MoEDAL, FASER and SND@LHC. It shares ...

, an experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider * Totem pole output, a kind of electronic circuit

Other uses

* Aerodyne Totem Bi, a French two-place paraglider design *

Operation Totem Operation Totem was a pair of British atmospheric nuclear tests which took place at Emu Field in South Australia in October 1953. They followed the Operation Hurricane test of the first British atomic bomb, which had taken place at the Montebe ...

, a pair of British atmospheric nuclear tests in Australia * Tote'm Stores, the original name of 7-Eleven convenience stores