Totems are small, animal-shaped stones that are worn as necklaces. They are given to tribespeople who come of age by their tribe's shaman, who receives them from the Great Spirits. It is expected that the person will live by the virtue their totem represents.

Tanana is the tribal shaman woman in Kenai's tribe in Disney's 2003 animated feature film, Brother Bear. Warm and wise, Tanana is much beloved by her tribe, and she cares deeply for them all, acting as their shamaness, healer, and grandmotherly figure.

Sitka, Kenai's brother whom passed was transformed into an eagle for the guidance he must give in honor of his totem. Kenai is to create more love and care for others, of which he receives the bear totem from the Great Spirits.

The Great Spirits are characters that appear in Brother Bear and Brother Bear 2. They are beings who make magical changes in the world and are considered gods by both tribespeople and animals. When someone in one of the tribes come of age, they are given a totem by their...

2023年7月15日 · Each brother is given his own totem: Sitka, the eagle of guidance; Denahi, the wolf of wisdom; and Kenai, the bear of love. Kenai scorns the totem he has been given, believing that love is not brave or noble and his hatred on bears.

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A page for describing Headscratchers: Brother Bear. The totems and their meanings. In the movie, it's established that the bear represents love, the eagle …

Most people had at least one small power. "Brother Bear" reflects this reality of real-life American Indian shamanism. The wizened elder Tahana is the tribe's leading medicine person, but the...

Tanana officiated the totem ceremony of Kenai, an adolescent tribesman, to whom she gifted the Bear of Love totem. Despite Kenai's disappointment, Tanana encouraged him to follow his totem's virtue so that he could place his handprint on the wall of their tribe's ancestors.

He objects to his totem, stating that bears are thieves and dumb creatures without feelings, and believes his point is made a fact when a brown bear steals their basket of salmon, which Kenai did not hold properly in a hurry to receive his totem. Kenai searches for the basket and finds it …