A totem 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

Music

  • Tótem (band), an Uruguayan band formed in the early 1970s
  • "Totem", a song on the 1996 Rush album Test for Echo

Albums

  • Totem (Zazie album), 2007
  • Totem (Satyr album), 2022
  • Totem (Soulfly album)
  • 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, the third part
  • Totem – Episodio quattro, the fourth part

Sculptures

  • Totem (Paluzzi), a sculpture by artist Rinaldo Paluzzi
  • Totem pole, 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 (writer)
  • Totem (poetry collection), a 2004 poetry collection by Luke Davies

Science and technology

  • Totem (software), a free software media player for the GNOME computer desktop environment
  • TOTEM experiment, 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, a pair of British atmospheric nuclear tests in Australia
  • Tote'm Stores, the original name of 7-Eleven convenience stores

See also

  • Totem pole (disambiguation)