ISBN: 1231137274

[EAN: 9781231137277], Neubuch, RICHARD HARTE,HISTORY,LITERARY, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can… Meer...

[EAN: 9781231137277], Neubuch, RICHARD HARTE,HISTORY,LITERARY, This item is printed on demand. Paperback. This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1870. Not illustrated. Excerpt: . . . of some towns, and carrying off the women. The symbol of capture in marriage existed among the Dorians, Spartans, and plebeian Romans; it exists among the Hindus, Khonds, Kalmucks, Arabs, and Circassians, and among many other peoples in various quarters of the globe; and instances are on record of the symbolic capture, within comparatively recent times, in Wales, Ireland, France, and some other , European countries. The symbol is not peculiar to any ft -of the families of mankind, it is at once European, y y Turanian, and Semitic. Now, whenever we dis . y hoover symbolic forms, we are justified in inferring that - A ir1 m the past life of the people employing them there were corresponding realities; and if among primitive races we find such realities, we may safely conclude that what these now are, those employing the symbols once were. When we remember that these traces of polyandry, and symbols of polyandrous practices are of such widespread and common occurrence, that the higher form of polyandry presupposes the previous existence of the lower stages, and that one link in our original chain of circumstances implies all the rest as cause or effect, it is impossible to avoid the conclusion that polyandry, with its accompaniments, was a necessary and universal incident of our race in primitive times--the kind of marriage as natural and inevitable in the infancy of humanity as stone axes and cave habitations. The cause of polyandry is the difficulty of obtaining food for all, and the consequent practice of killing female infants, who, since women are neither warriors nor hunters, are less valuable to the tribe than males. The conditions of polyandry are, the scarcity of women available for the gratification of the passions of men, and the defenceles. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN.<

ISBN: 9781231137277

On The Laws And Customs Relating To Marriage; Being A Paper Read Before The Dialectical Society Richard Harte, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, On The Laws And Customs Relating To … Meer...

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