Totemism

Totemism
Totems arise.
Power/Ability to:	Have mystical relationships with totems.

The ability to have mystical relationships with totems. Sub-power of Shamanism. Not to be confused with Worshiping Empowerment.

Capabilities

The user has a special mystical relationship with a totem, an animated being or object supernaturally connected with the life of an individual or group, which represents the traits, skills, and characteristics or attributes that they are aligned with and might require or want to achieve.

Totems come in many different forms – animals, plants, metals, gemstones, celestial bodies, etc. They share a spiritual, energetic connection with their users in which they serve many roles for them. This includes guardians that protect and watch over them, guides that enter their lives at different points in time to bring them guidance or lessons, allies that assist and support them on their own journey through life, and familiars that carry out tasks for them, to name but a few.

Users can communicate, empathize, and embody their totem(s), mimic their abilities, assume their forms, and summon them as guardians for a variety of purposes.

Applications

• Hyper Connection: Have a very strong emotional bond with one's totem(s).

Variations

• Animal/Plant Empathy: Empathize with their totem.
• Animal Imitation: Mimic the abilities of their totem(s).
• Animal/Plant Magic: Use magic associated with their totem(s).
• Animal/Plant Morphing: Transform into their totem(s).
• Animal/Plant Soul: Blend one’s spiritual essence with that of their totem(s).
• Companion Allegiance: Form an allegiance with specimens of the species of their totem(s).
• Entity Exoskeleton: Create a suit of armor with the capabilities of one’s totem(s).
• Fusionism: Fuse with their totem(s).
• Manifested Guardian: Summon their totem(s) as a guardian.
• Mind Control: Control all members of the species of their totem(s).
• Mind Link: Develop a mental link with their totem(s).
• Nature Unity: Become one with nature and all its existing totemic spirits.
• Personal Familiar: If the user of a totem is also a magic user, the totem can be used as a familiar.
• Sensory Scrying: Perceive through the senses of their totem(s).
• Remote Symbiosis: Possess a symbiotic relationship with their totem(s).
• Taming: Tame the nature of their totem(s).
• Undying Loyalty: The user and their totem(s) are of complete loyalty to one another.
• Zoolingualism/Botanical Communication: Communicate with their totem(s).

Associations

• African Mysticism
  • Egyptian Mysticism
• Inner Animal
• Native American Mysticism
• Personal Patron
• Shamanism
• Soul-Bound Entity
• Spiritual Animal Manipulation
• Spiritual Animal Physiology
• Spiritual Meditation
• Totem Physiology

Known Users

• Numisu (AFK Arena)
• Anansi Totem users (Arrowverse)
  • Mari McCabe
  • Amaya Jiwe
• Ballistamen (Battle Realms); via Totem
• Marshal BraveStarr (BraveStarr)
• Bodvar (Brawlhalla)
• Tezca (Brawlhalla)
• Kenai (Brother Bear)
• Certain Mutants (Crystal Hall); via Avatar Trait
• Mari McCabe/Vixen (DC Comics); via Tantu Totem
• Totem Warriors (Dungeons and Dragons)
• Humans and their "dæmons" (His Dark Materials)
• Aaron (Hybrid)
• Mai's Demons (Kanon)
• Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible)
• Nidalee, The Bestial Huntress (League of Legends)
• Udry, The Spirit Walker (League of Legends)
• Formlings (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
• Hosts to The Other (Marvel Comics)
  • Kaine
  • Peter Parker/Spider-Man
• Steve (Minecraft)
• Evokers (Minecraft)
• Power Rangers (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie)
• Nightwolf (Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm)
• Jungle Fury Rangers (Power Rangers: Jungle Fury)
• Various Shamans (Shaman King)
• Spirit Animal Partners (Spirit Animals)
• Spirit Rangers (Spirit Rangers)
  • Eddy Skycedar
  • Kodi Skycedar
  • Summer Skycedar
• Antauri (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!)
• Chiro (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!)
• Quileute tribe (Twilight Saga)
• Amber Brotherhood (Warhammer); via Ghur

Gallery

When Aaron (Hybrid) received an eye transplant from wolves' eyes that altered him it made him very dangerous at feral and predatory levels, in his time of need his lover introduced him to her Native American heritage and spiritual concept which allowed him to be more attuned to his predatory nature which allowed him to be more attune to wolves and dogs themselves.

Ron Stoppable (Kim Possible) was exposed to four jade monkey idols and they granted him access to Mystical Monkey Powers as well as making him the ultimate monkey master.

Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics) gained enhanced spider-based powers for a time by agreeing to be the avatar of the spider totem known as the Other...

...with his clone/brother Kaine later doing the same.

Nightwolf (Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm) gains power by combining with his spirit wolf partner, Kiba.

Chiro (Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!) gains power by combining with the Power Primate.

Quileute tribe members (Twilight Saga) can morph into giant wolves, their symbolic animal.

Jungle Fury Rangers (Power Rangers Jungle Fury) have their own animal spirit which they are deeply bonded within and act as their main power source.

Raised by a family of cougars, Nidalee (League of Legends) is known a master tracker who can harness the power to shapeshift into a ferocious cougar to protect her jungle home from enemies such as poachers.

Udyr (League of Legends) is a powerful warrior known as a skinwalker who can harness the inner power of the animal spirits to fight off his foes in combat.

The Spirit Rangers (Spirit Rangers) possess special necklaces that allow them to shapeshift into their spirit animal forms and also gain the powers from them as well.

Marshall Bravestarr (Bravestarr) is shown to possesses the supernatural abilities of the four animal spirits he calls upon to perform heroic feats in the state of new Texas.

The Formlings (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu) are group of mythical beings that have the ability to transform into various animals...

...during the coming of age, the formlings must journey to the wilderness to find and gain their animal forms.

Totem Warriors (Dungeons and Dragons) are barbarians who are known to adopted spirit animals as their sacred guides in nature and as their protective guardians in battle. They can manifest with their spirit animals to give them bestial characteristics while channeling their animalistic rage during combat.

The Amber Brotherhood (Warhammer) is one of the eight imperial orders of magic, whose Wizards, more known as Shamans, utilizes the animalistic powers of ghur, the brown Wind of magic often as lore of beasts.

Tezca (Brawlhalla) is a luchador who can channel the spirit of a ferocious jaguar to perform wrestling combos in combat.

Bodvar (Brawlhalla) is a viking warrior who can channel the spirit of a mighty bear to gain strength and ferocity in battle.

Videos

Mighty Morphin - All Ranger Morphs - Power Rangers Official-2

Wild Force - All Ranger Morphs - Power Rangers Official-2

Dino Thunder - All Ranger Morphs - Power Rangers Official-2

Jungle Fury - All Ranger Morphs - Power Rangers Official-2

All Ranger Morphs in Power Rangers Beast Morphers - Power Rangers Official-2

Leonardo VS Red Ranger Jason (Ninja Turtles VS Power Rangers) - DEATH BATTLE!

Rons Steps Up, MONKEY STYLE