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It depends on the particular culture you come from. Possibilities are: # You inherit it by descent. So ask your parents or someone who would know your lineage. # You engage in the rite of passage ritual - depending on tribe it is a matter of prolonged isolation and fasting until you have the experience of having your totem animal approach you in vision. # Simply decide for yourself which creature/culture you wish to follow and adopt that totem as your own - however it is hoped that you would approach this with a little more serious thought and conviction than what you would with deciding on a new tattoo.

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