It was said to have been created by the trickster god Anansi for the warrior Tantu. It is one of six other mystical Zambesi totems presented to the great tribes. After the people of Zambesi faced numerous attacks from their neighbors and nature itself, they prayed for protection. Their prayers were answered as the five great tribes were each presented a mystical totem harnessing a power of each elemental forces. A tribe was presented the Spirit Totem. It harnesses the ashe, or lifeforce of the animal kingdom. After being wielded by her grandmother and mother, the totem was passed down to Amaya Jiwe sometime in the 1930s.
Publication Information
- Vixen : Spirit Totem
- Multiverse : Earth One
- Version : Vixen Series
- Known as : Anansi Totem
- Type : Mystical object
- Usage : Allows the user to harness the power of animals
- Users :
- Owner :
- Season : Vixen
Powers and Abilities
- Animal spirit empowerment : The Totem allows the user to tap into the ashe or lifeforce of animals through their spirits, gaining unique abilities that relate to the animal called upon.
- Avatar projections : Through more advanced control of the Totem, one can harness the ashe, manifesting it to produce energy constructs of chosen animals. These manifestations can physically interact with the world, acting as soldiers to aid the summoner.
- Shield projection : Through more advanced control of the Totem, one can manifest a solid shield in the shape of the Spirit Totem through the power of the Totem and protect themselves and others.
- Camouflage : The spirit of the chameleon camouflages the wielder, blending her in with her surroundings to make her practically invisible.
- Electrokinesis : The spirit of electric eel grants a wielder the ability to use electricity to protect them from harm.
- Flight : The spirit of the eagle gives the wielder the ability to fly. Mari had difficulty using this ability until she overcame her fear of heights.
- Speed swimming : The spirit of a dolphin allows the wielder to swim at inhuman speeds.
- Superhuman agility : The spirit of the tiger makes the wielder incredibly agile, able to leap great distances and perform incredible acrobatic feats.
- Superhuman endurance : The spirit of the armadillo protects the wielder from physical harm.
- Superhuman hearing : The spirit of the owl enhances the wielder's hearing, allowing her to hear quiet conversations over great distances.
- Superhuman smelling : The spirit of the wolf allows the wielder to catch a target's scent; they can then detect if they are nearby and track them down.
- Superhuman speed : The spirit of the cheetah lets the wielder run incredibly fast. When Mari used this power, even the Flash had a hard time catching her.
- Superhuman strength : The spirit of the elephant, gorilla, lion, rhinoceros, bear, or bull can grant the wielder incredible strength. Amaya used this power frequently, gaining strength enough to easily defeat multiple opponents in unarmed combat. When Mari used it, she was able to tip over water towers and crumble one of The Arrow's arrows in her hand, and later challenged Damien Darhk's telekinetic power, as he struggled considerably to just barely repel her.
- Thermal insulation : Through the spirit of the seal, the wielder becomes unaffected by freezing temperatures.
- Underwater breathing : The spirit of the dolphin allows the wielder to breathe underwater .
- Wall climbing : The spirit of the spider grants the wielder the ability to cling to walls.
- Sonic blast : The spirit of the pistol shrimp grants the wielder its sonic abilities.
- Totem connection : The totem connects to other totems when in the presence of them.
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Zambesi Village
Publication Information
- Vixen : Zambesi Village
- Version : The Vixen Series
- Multiverse : Earth One
- Known as : African Country
- Type : Village
- Location : Zambesi; Africa
- Season : Vixen
Sometime prior to 1863, an unnamed woman was born in the village before being sold into slavery. She passed on the knowledge and traditions of the village to her daughter, Mary; while enslaved on the Collins Plantation, Mary encountered a guardian of the Totem, Amaya Jiwe, who freed her and several of her fellow slaves.
Many years later, Kuasa considered it her duty to continue protecting the village, though it remained empty. Kuasa kidnapped Mari and brought her back to Zambesi in order to take the Totem, which was now bonded to Mari. After successfully taking the Totem, Kuasa was worshiped by locals until Mari, encouraged by the Totem's spirits, was able to reclaim it.
Former residents Deceased residents
- Amaya Jiwe's ancestor
- Amaya Jiwe's mother
- Amaya Jiwe's grandmother
- Mari McCabe's father
- Esi
- Mary's mother
- Kuasa
Hundreds of years ago, the six tribes of Zambesi were under attack. They prayed to the gods for help and their prayers were answered. Each tribe was given a totem to protect it, each with a different elemental power to aid in the defense of the tribes; Air, Water, Fire, Earth, Spirit, and Death. When combined, the totems' powers can be used to create a powerful weapon, "something pure."
List of Totems
- Anansi Totem : This totem allows the user to summon the ashe of any animal that's ever lived and wield the abilities of the summoned animal. At one point, Damien Darhk stole it from Amaya Jiwe, the twentieth-century version of the hero Vixen, although she later got it back. In the twenty-first century, it’s in the possession of Mari and Kuasa, Amaya's granddaughters.
- Air Totem : This totem allows the user to generate and manipulate wind. It is currently in the possession of Zari Tomaz.
- Water Totem : This totem allows the user generate and manipulate water. It was incinerated along with Kuasa's body the first time she died and is the only totem whose physical form is known to have ever been completely destroyed. However, on her resurrection, it appears that the totem's powers have bonded with Kuasa, allowing her to use the powers the totem grants without wearing the totem itself, although the reason for this may be that Mallus enhanced the powers she'd had when she died, so that she could use them without a totem, as was the case after Damien Darhk was resurrected. After Kuasa betrayed the Darhks and helped the Legends; reclaiming the Anansi Totem from Nora and returning it to Amaya; Nora used her magic to draw the Water Totem's powers out of Kuasa's body, re-forming the totem, killing Kuasa in the process. It was initially used by Ray Palmer in the Legends first attempt to use all six of the totems against Mallus individually after the demon broke free of his temporal prison. Wally West used it later during the team's two attempts to combine the powers of all six of the totems to conjure something capable of defeating Mallus. It's currently in Kuasa's possession.
- Fire Totem : This totem allows the user to generate and control fire. It was used by Mick Rory, first to combat the Mallus-possessed Death Totem-powered Sara Lance, and again when combining its powers with those of the other five totems to take down Mallus. It's currently in Kuasa’s possession.
- Earth Totem : This totem allows the user to control the earth. It was used by Nate Heywood to take down Mallus. It is currently in Kuasa’s possession.
- Death Totem : This totem allows the user to have dominion over the dead. The tribe which originally had possession of this totem allied themselves with Mallus when the other five tribes worked to imprison him; for that reason, that tribe, and the Death Totem itself, were long since lost to history. It was used by Sara Lance when the Legends combined the totems' powers to destroy Mallus. It's currently in Kuasa's possession.
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