By the study about the animal symbols and the Chu myth, magic and Shamanism, this thesis believes that there is no totem system among Chu people. The animal worship (Shamanism) of Chu people is only a pre-religious phenomenon around the world.

• 本文从动物符号与神话、动物符号与巫术和动物符号与萨满教三个方面论述楚文化中没有图腾崇拜,楚人社会的萨满教只是一种世界性的普遍存在的前宗教现象。