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Edward Westermarck. girl's relatives is a symbolic expression of their unwillingness to give up the girl or of their feeling of sexual modesty , which may be very strong among simple peoples and is particularly felt with regard to the ...
Edward Westermarck. girl's relatives is a symbolic expression of their unwillingness to give up the girl or of their feeling of sexual modesty , which may be very strong among simple peoples and is particularly felt with regard to the ...
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... girl dependent upon somebody else's will in the choice of a part- ner . I think we may safely say that among most ... girl's marriage . The neces- sity of the father's or somebody else's consent , however , by no means implies that the ...
... girl dependent upon somebody else's will in the choice of a part- ner . I think we may safely say that among most ... girl's marriage . The neces- sity of the father's or somebody else's consent , however , by no means implies that the ...
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... girl she usually becomes the wife of his brothers at the same time , and any brother born later will simi- larly be regarded as sharing his elder brother's rights . But there are a few cases in which the husbands , instead of being ...
... girl she usually becomes the wife of his brothers at the same time , and any brother born later will simi- larly be regarded as sharing his elder brother's rights . But there are a few cases in which the husbands , instead of being ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE ORIGIN OF MARRIAGE I | 1 |
THE FREQUENCY OF MARRIAGE | 9 |
ENDOGAMY | 18 |
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According adultery allowed ancient ancient Greece Aryan Australian aborigines betrothal bride and bridegroom bride price British East Africa brothers canon law castes cause of polygyny celibacy century Christian Church civilisation clan concubinage consent contracting a marriage Council of Trent countries custom daughter duty endogamous endogamy England Europe evil influences existence exogamous rules father feeling female form of marriage frequently girl Greece groom Hindu husband incest incestuous India Indo-European intercourse large number latter live Lord Bryce male marriage by capture marriage by purchase marriage portion marriage rites matrimonial mode of contracting monogamy Morocco mother Muhammadan number of marriages number of wives offspring parents parties polyandry polygyny practice prevailed primitive prohibited promiscuity races recognised regarded relatives return gift riage Roman savage Scotland Serbia sexual instinct sexual relations shortbread social supposed Teutonic Tibet tion tribes uncivilised union valid various wedding wife woman women