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Message no. 1
From: "J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Totemic Nicknames (Re: Samurai and their Totems)
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 11:39:07 EST
In a message dated 98-02-14 01:40:10 EST, elfman@*****.NET writes:

> Also,what are your Slang names for totems.I know Rat's is The Gray
> Brother, but I don't know any more.Can you guys and Gals healp me out?I
> espicialy need the one for Dog.

I think that Dog is "Manfriend" or "Mutt" to be honest. I've heard
Bear be
referred to "Great Bear Mother". Spider is "Old Weaver" and
"Weaver of
Dreams", and of course "Savior" to Hopi. Wolf is "Gray Brother"
often times
also, though I think that Rat and Wolf would get different opinions on having
related names (smirk).

Cat is Cat.

Raven is MANY things, including some of what I've picked up from Arizona ...
Trickster, Planner, Keeper of Rainbows, Devourer, Magician, Creator.

I know that Snake has a lot of names from the Hopi, Zuni and Pima tribes of
the southwest.

-K
Message no. 2
From: Wyrmy <elfman@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Totemic Nicknames (Re: Samurai and their Totems)
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 01:14:08 -0600
<snip all those beutiful names>
I love it.I just wonder one thing.What would Eagle be?Lone Feather?
Message no. 3
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Totemic Nicknames (Re: Samurai and their Totems)
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 18:39:35 +0000
And verily, did Wyrmy hastily scribble thusly...
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|<snip all those beutiful names>
|I love it.I just wonder one thing.What would Eagle be?Lone Feather?
|

DOH!

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Sorry, but I think you deserved that one...
Besides, how could it soar gracefully through the clouds and strike like
lighting if it only had one feather?
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Message no. 4
From: Wyrmy <elfman@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Totemic Nicknames (Re: Samurai and their Totems)
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 01:35:54 -0600
Sorry, but I think you deserved that one...
> Besides, how could it soar gracefully through the clouds and strike like
> lighting if it only had one feather?
I didnt mean it had one faether,I measnt it was the only feathered being
up that high.
Message no. 5
From: Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Totemic Nicknames (Re: Samurai and their Totems)
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 18:49:14 +0000
And verily, did Wyrmy hastily scribble thusly...
|
|Sorry, but I think you deserved that one...
|> Besides, how could it soar gracefully through the clouds and strike like
|> lighting if it only had one feather?
|I didnt mean it had one faether,I measnt it was the only feathered being
|up that high.
|

Oh. When you said "Lone Feather" I got the picture of a REALLY bald eagle.

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Message no. 6
From: Wyrmy <elfman@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Totemic Nicknames (Re: Samurai and their Totems)
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 02:13:54 -0600
> Oh. When you said "Lone Feather" I got the picture of a REALLY bald eagle.
ROTFLMAO!!!!
Message no. 7
From: "J. Keith Henry" <Ereskanti@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Totemic Nicknames (Re: Samurai and their Totems)
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 1998 19:46:40 EST
In a message dated 98-02-14 13:24:06 EST, elfman@*****.NET writes:

> <snip all those beutiful names>
> I love it.I just wonder one thing.What would Eagle be?Lone Feather?
>
>
Actually, he's "Great One" "Messenger" and
"Brother-in-the-Sky" (which is a
loose translation from the Navajo, I think.
-K

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