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A summary is given of a previous paper by the same author on the composition of the Garo society. The derivation of the three main clans and their sub-clans is discussed, but the author finds little trace of what Freud describes as the characteristics of totemism.
The unconscious motives for the development of different clans and sub-clans are considered, amongst them being a method of fulfilling incestuous wishes, and a symbolic renunciation where active retaliation against the aggressor is impossible.
The ambivalent feelings towards the parents arising from the oedipus conflict are split up, the hate being satisfied in head-hunting, thus permitting in the Garos a complete identification with the objects from which they assume their clan and sub-clan names.