Spirit animals

Still not sure how this works.

how is a person's spirit animal determined?

is this idea common to most American Indian tribes?

do any European and/or Asian cultures have similar traditions?

Not sure but I'd like mine to be some sort of mythical beast.

Ha, like a goat man?

i still think your that wedell seal from Antarctica that makes those crazy, tripped out sounds under the ice.

i'm starting to suspect mine was this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molossus_(dog)