spirit animal

plural spirit animals

1. An animal spirit that guides, helps, or protects a person or group of people.

   You need to take steps to get in touch with your spirit animal.

   2015, Dayanara Blue Star, Spirit Animal Quiz: Find your Spirit Animal, →ISBN

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   For most of these topics you'll have more than one choice of spirit animal, so whenever that's true, intuitively choose which animal spirit resonates with you for that particular condition or quality.

   2006, Steven Farmer, Animal Spirit Guides, →ISBN, page 411

   Shamans are trained to keep the memory of their spirit animal intact so that they can discover the many ways in which they can use its medicine.

   2009, Lucy Harmer, Discovering Your Spirit Animal: The Wisdom of the Shamans, →ISBN, page 6

   Reconnect and bring the presence of your spirit animal into your ordinary, everyday affairs.

   2014, David Carson, How to Find your Spirit Animal, →ISBN

   Synonyms: power animal

2. humorousinformalA person or thing with which one has a deep connection due to shared beliefs etc.

   The picture means everything to me, it's my spirit animal. Evel Knievel jumping at Caesar's Palace, signed by the great man. I'd look at the photo every day, trying to channel what it meant to me.

   2021, Christian O'Connell, No One Listens to Your Dad's Show