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Totems (aka Mentor Spirits under the Unified Theory of magic) are a way of seeing the use of magic that guide and effect the ability of a magician that follows them.

The first ones to emerge were the Animal totems that guided early shamans. Nature totems are more often associated with druids but are also followed by shamans.

Less well known are the Idols (which are more akin to the various gods from polytheistic religions), Loa (the guiding concepts behind voodoo), and Paths (followed by the elves of Tír na
nÓg).

Under the Unified Theories of magic, those that follow mentor spirits has become more diverse as shamans have learned to practice magic without necessarily requiring such a guide, and
hermetics have learned how to follow them if desired.

Totem list Edit

The following list of the more notable totems is sortable. (A ✓ indicates the core rulebook.)

Totem/Mentor Type SR4 SR3 SR2 / SR1

Antelope (use Horse) Animal — — Cyberpirates

Badger Animal — MitS —

Bat Animal — MitS Cyberpirates

Bear Animal ✓ ✓ ✓/ ✓

Boar Animal — MitS Tír na nÓg

Buffalo Animal — ✓ —

Bull Animal SM MitS Tír na nÓg

Cat Animal ✓ ✓ ✓/ —

Cheetah Animal — MitS Cyberpirates

Cobra Animal — MitS Cyberpirates

Coyote Animal — ✓ ✓/ ✓

Crab Animal — MitS —

Crocodile Animal SM MitS Cyberpirates

Crow (use Raven) Animal — — Cyberpirates

Deer (use Horse) Animal — — Cyberpirates

Dingo (use Jackal) Animal — T:AL —

Dog Animal ✓ ✓ ✓/ ✓

Dolphin Animal — ✓ —

Dove Animal — MitS Cyberpirates

Eagle Animal ✓ ✓ ✓/ ✓

Elk Animal — MitS —

Falcon (use Eagle) Animal — — Cyberpirates

Fish Animal — MitS —

Fox Animal — MitS —

Gator Animal — ✓ ✓/ —

Gecko Animal — MitS Paradise Lost

Goose Animal — MitS Corp. Security & P. Lost

Horse Animal SM MitS Tír na nÓg

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Jaguar Animal — MitS Aztlan

Kangaroo Animal — T:AL —

Koala Animal — T:AL —

Leopard Animal — MitS Cyberpirates

Lion Animal SM ✓ ✓/ —

Lizard Animal — MitS —

Monkey Animal — MitS —

Mouse Animal — ✓ Cyberpirates

Otter Animal — MitS —

Owl Animal SM ✓ ✓/ —

Parrot Animal — MitS Cyberpirates

Platypus Animal — T:AL —

Polecat Animal — MitS —

Prairie Dog Animal — MitS Awakenings

Puma Animal — MitS Aztlan

Python Animal — MitS Cyberpirates

Raccoon Animal — ✓ ✓/ ✓

Rat Animal ✓ ✓ ✓/ ✓

Raven Animal ✓ ✓ ✓/ ✓

Scorpion Animal — MitS —

Shark Animal ✓ ✓ ✓/ —

Snake Animal ✓ ✓ ✓/ ✓

Spider Animal SM MitS Bug City

Stag Animal — MitS Tír na nÓg

Turtle Animal — MitS Paradise Lost

Whale Animal — MitS Paradise Lost

Wildcat Animal — — Grimoire

Wolf Animal ✓ ✓ ✓/ ✓

Wombat (use Badger) Animal — T:AL —

Moon Nature — MitS Grimoire

Mountain Nature ✓ MitS —

Oak Nature SM MitS Grimoire

Sea Nature ✓ MitS Grimoire

Stream Nature — MitS —

Sun Nature SM MitS Grimoire

Wind Nature — MitS —

Dragon Mythic SM YotC —

Fenrir Mythic — MitS —

Gargoyle Mythic — MitS Awakenings

Griffin Mythic SM MitS Awakenings

Leviathon Mythic — MitS Awakenings

Pegasus Mythic — MitS Awakenings

Phoenix Mythic SM MitS Awakenings

Plumed Serpent Mythic — MitS Aztlan

Thunderbird Mythic ✓ MitS —

Unicorn Mythic — MitS Awakenings

Wyrm / Serpent Mythic — MitS Grimoire / Tír na nÓg

Adversary Idol SM MitS —

Artificer / Creator Idol SM MitS Germany

Bacchus Idol — MitS —

Dark Goddess Idol SM — —

Dark King Idol ✓ MitS —

Dragonslayer Idol ✓ MitS Germany

Fire-Bringer Idol ✓ MitS Awakenings

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Moon Maiden Idol ✓ MitS Germany

Sea King Idol — MitS —

Seductress Idol ✓ MitS —

Siren Idol — MitS —

Sky Father Idol SM MitS —

Trickster Idol ✓ MitS —

Wild Huntsman Idol — MitS Germany

Wise Warrior Idol ✓ MitS —

Agwe Loa — MitS Awakenings

Azaca Loa — MitS Awakenings

Damballah Loa — MitS Awakenings

Erzulie Loa — MitS Awakenings

Ghede Loa — MitS Awakenings

Legba Loa — MitS Awakenings

Loco & Ayizan Loa — — Awakenings

Obatala Loa — MitS —

Ogoun Loa — MitS Awakenings

Shango Loa — MitS —

Warrior Path — MitS Tír na nÓg

Steward Path — MitS Tír na nÓg

Bard Path — MitS Tír na nÓg

Druid Path — MitS Tír na nÓg

Rígh (Kings) Path — MitS Tír na nÓg

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Neo-Paganism Edit

As mentioned before, a number of polytheistic religions have found a resurgence under neo-paganism. The unified theory of magic includes correlations to notable Mentor Spirits.

A † indicates Idols/Spirits from the 2064 posting, not discussed in Street Magic
Pagan Idol Pantheon Suggested Mentor Spirits

Quetzalcóatl Aztec Plumed Serpent or Snake

Huitzilopochtli Aztec Thunderbird

Tlaloc Aztec Crocodile

Tlazolteotl Aztec Seductress

Xipe Totec Aztec Dark Goddess (male)

Dagda Celtic Wise Warrior or Bull

Belenos/Balor/Beli† Celtic Sky Father or Wise Warrior

Cernunnos/Herne Celtic Horned Man, Wild Huntsman† or Dragonslayer†

Don/Danu† Celtic Great Mother (primeval), Lover, Sea King (female)

Epona Celtic Horse

Goibhniu Celtic Artificer

Lugh/Lugus/Lleu Celtic Fire-bringer, Sun, Sky King† Wise Warrior† or Dragonslayer†

Morrigan Celtic Dark Goddess, Wolf, or Raven

Nodens/Nuada/Nudd† Celtic Dark King

Jade Emperor Chinese Dark King

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Matsu/Tin Hau Chinese Sea

Nuwa Chinese Great Mother

Phoenix Empress Chinese Phoenix

Ti-Tsang Wang Chinese Owl

Zeus/Jupiter Classical Sky Father, Wise Warrior† or Bacchus†

Aphrodite/Venus Classical Seductress, Lover† or Siren†

Apollo Classical Sun, Sky Father† Wild Huntsman (without the nature focus)†

Ares/Mars Classical Wolf or Wise Warrior†

Artemis/Diana Classical Bear, Moon Malden† or Wild Huntsman (female)†

Athena/Minerva Classical Wise Warrior or Sky Father (female)†

Demeter/Ceres† Classical Great Mother

Dionysus/Bacchus Classical Horned Man or Bacchus†

Hades/Pluto Classical Dark King

Hephaestus/Vulcan Classical Artificer or Firebringer†

Hera/Juno† Classical Great Mother or Siren

Heracles/Hercules† Classical Dragonslayer

Hestia/Vesta† Classical Firebringer

Pan/Faunus† Classical Horned Man

Poseidon/Neptune Classical Sea or Sea King†

Prometheus† Classical Firebringer

Cronus/Saturn† Classical Adversary

St. George/St. MichaelMitS Christian Dragonslayer

Ra Egyptian Sun or Phoenix

Bast Egyptian Cat

Horus Egyptian Eagle

Isis Egyptian Moon Maiden

Osiris Egyptian Dark King

Sekhmet Egyptian Lion

Set Egyptian Wolf

Sobek Egyptian Crocodile

Thoth Egyptian Artificer

Lilith Hebrew Dark Goddess

Brahma Hindu Artificer

Devi Hindu Great Mother

Durga Hindu Lion

Ganesha Hindu Dark King (less grim)

Hanuman Hindu Dragonslayer

Kali Hindu Dark Goddess or Wild Huntsman (female)MitS

Krishna Hindu Wise Warrior

Shiva Hindu Dark Goddess (male)

Vishnu Hindu Sun or Sky FatherMitS

Amaterasu Japanese Fire-bringer, Phoenix, or Sun

Hachiman Japanese Wise Warrior

Izanagi Japanese Dark King

Izanami Japanese Dark Goddess

Maneki-neko Japanese Cat

Susanoo Japanese Sea or Shark

Tsukuyomi Japanese Moon Maiden (male)

Ishtar Mesopotamian Dark Goddess

Odin/Wotan Norse Sky Father, Artificer† Dark King† Wise Warrior† or Wild Huntsman†

Fenrir† Norse Fenrir (toxic)

Freya Norse Great Mother or Lover†

Heimdall† Norse Wise Warrior

Hel/Hela† Norse Dark King (female)

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Thor Norse Dragonslayer, Thunderbird, or Wise Warrior

Tyr Norse Wise Warrior

Weiland Norse Artificer

Agwe Voodoo Sea

Damballa Voodoo Snake

Erzulie Voodoo Seductress

Ghede Voodoo Dark King

Legba Voodoo Owl

Obatala Voodoo Eagle

Ogoun Voodoo Wise Warrior

Shango Voodoo Sky Father or Thunderbird

Goddess/Diana/The Mother† Wiccan Great Mother or Moon Maiden

God/Horned Man/Pan† Wiccan Horned Man or Wild Huntsman

Sources Edit

Shadowrun (p. 75–77, SRII p. 119–123)

The Grimoire: 15th Edition, 2053 (p. 28–29) introduces druids
Tír na nÓg (p. 134–139, 148–149) expands druids, introduces paths
Germany Sourcebook (p. 149–150) introduces Idol totems
Paradise Lost (p. 78) adds more animal totems
Bug City (p. 135–144) adds the Spider totem
Corporate Security Handbook (p. 104) adds a Goose totem
Aztlan (p. 174–175) adds more animal totems, and Plumed Serpent
Awakenings: New Magic in 2057 (p. 105–109, 120–123, 151–155) introduces voodoo, adds more totems (mythic, animal & Idol); also relists all previously published totems.
Cyberpirates! (p. 152–154) adds more animal totems

Shadowrun: 3rd Ed. (p. 162–166)

Magic in the ShadowsMagic in the Shadows (p. 20–26, 152–160) revises/simplifies paths & voodoo, lists some early god/mentor/idol equivalences
Year of the Comet (p. 145–146) adds Dragon
Target: Awakened Lands (p. 105–106) adds more animal totems
State of the Art: 2064 (p. 123) compiles pagan pantheons as such

Shadowrun: 4th Ed. (SR4 p. 192–194, SR4A p. 200–202)

Street Magic (p. 180–183) revises almost everything, leaves out some totems

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