Every cultures has taboos.
"Taboo" means "marked clearly" in the Polynesian language.It is a custom prohibiting particular practices.The opposite ward is "nor" in Polynesian language.It means "usually" or "popularity."
Totem is an animal regarded as an ancestor of a human group.It has a two of taboos.They are prohibition of killing totem animals and having sexual intercourse with parsons of the same totem group.This taboos about totem reflect Oedipus complex.The taboo prohibits killing a totem animal is equivalent of killing the father.The taboo prohibits having sexual intercourse with persons of the same totem is equivalent of having sexual intercourse with the mother.
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