Ethnology, Volume 15University of Pittsburgh, 1976 - Anthropology |
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... poetry it meant " boy , " " son , " and " man " as in , for example , the phrase afi eptir afa , meaning " son after ... poetic term , was also equivalent to ættfaðir ( lineage father , " " founder " ) or the term ai ( " forefather ...
... poetry it meant " boy , " " son , " and " man " as in , for example , the phrase afi eptir afa , meaning " son after ... poetic term , was also equivalent to ættfaðir ( lineage father , " " founder " ) or the term ai ( " forefather ...
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... poetic term sif and came into popular legal usage to denote specific types of relationships through the law of marriage . Hence , affixed in the following manner , tengda- denoted all relatives who were not frændfólk : tengðafaðir ...
... poetic term sif and came into popular legal usage to denote specific types of relationships through the law of marriage . Hence , affixed in the following manner , tengda- denoted all relatives who were not frændfólk : tengðafaðir ...
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... poetic contests , and ritual activities as befitted the month of the flowers and the imminent arrival of summer . It is interesting to note that the festivities in honor of Camaxtli converge with the celebration of the European carnival ...
... poetic contests , and ritual activities as befitted the month of the flowers and the imminent arrival of summer . It is interesting to note that the festivities in honor of Camaxtli converge with the celebration of the European carnival ...
Contents
Changing Icelandic Kinship | 1 |
Property and Ritual | 21 |
Measuring Marriage Preference | 35 |
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