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[td][/td] [td]===Metaphors===[/td]
[td]===Metaphors===[/td] [td]On occasion, instead of referring to the totem by the actual being's name, a clan is identified instead by a metaphor describing the characteristic of the clan's totem. The metaphors that survive to today include:[/td]
[td]On occasion, instead of referring to the totem by the actual being's name, a clan is identified instead by a metaphor describing the characteristic of the clan's totem. The metaphors that survive today include:[/td] [td]* ''Bimaawidaasi'' 'carrier' = ''Amik''(''we'') 'beaver'[/td]
[td]* ''Bimaawidaasi'' 'carrier' = ''Amik''(''we'') 'beaver'[/td] [td]* ''Giishkizhigwan'' 'cut-tail' = ''Maanameg'' 'catfish'[/td]
[td]* ''Giishkizhigwan'' 'cut-tail' = ''Maanameg'' 'catfish'[/td]
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[td]===Metaphors===[/td] [td]On occasion, instead of referring to the totem by the actual being's name, a clan is identified instead by a metaphor describing the characteristic of the clan's totem. The metaphors that survive to today include:[/td]
[td]On occasion, instead of referring to the totem by the actual being's name, a clan is identified instead by a metaphor describing the characteristic of the clan's totem. The metaphors that survive today include:[/td] [td]* ''Bimaawidaasi'' 'carrier' = ''Amik''(''we'') 'beaver'[/td]
[td]* ''Bimaawidaasi'' 'carrier' = ''Amik''(''we'') 'beaver'[/td] [td]* ''Giishkizhigwan'' 'cut-tail' = ''Maanameg'' 'catfish'[/td]
[td]* ''Giishkizhigwan'' 'cut-tail' = ''Maanameg'' 'catfish'[/td]
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