The Mothers: A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and InstitutionsMacmillan, 1927 |
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Aborigines affection Africa American ancient animals Anthropological Institute appear Aryan association Australia become bride British Central Africa brothers Bureau of Ethnology Central character child civilised clan consanguineous constitution cousins culture custom Darwin daughter deaf deaf-mutes evolution exists exogamy fact father female fraternal polyandry functions gorilla herd Herodotus History human husband Ibid impulse inbreeding Indians individual inherited instance Islands J. G. Frazer Journal live male mammals manifestations marry maternal instincts mating matrilocal Melanesians mental mind monkeys mother native natural Northern Notes observed offspring original parents patriarchal polyandry polygamous primitive society Psychology race regarded relations remarks Report reproduction Royal Royal Asiatic Society rule savage says sentiments sexes sexual sisters social organisation sororal polygyny species Tibet tion traditional heredity usages Voyage W. H. R. Rivers wife wife's wild wives woman women young
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Page 690 - To me an ethnologist who speaks of Aryan race, Aryan blood, Aryan eyes and hair, is as great a sinner as a linguist who speaks of a dolichocephalic dictionary or a brachycephalic grammar.
Page 151 - If a chick is born in the absence of the hen, it will follow any moving object. And, when guided by sight alone, they seem to have no more disposition to follow a hen than to follow a duck or a human being.
Page 312 - will be found, upon examination, to be free from frightful scars upon the head, or the marks of spear-wounds about the body. I have seen a young woman who, from the number of these marks, appeared to have been almost riddled with spear wounds.
Page 280 - When a young man takes a liking to a girl of another village, and the parents have no objection to the match, he is obliged to come and live at their village. He has to perform certain services for the mother-inlaw, such as keeping her well supplied with firewood ; and when he comes into her presence he is obliged to sit with his knees in a bent position, as putting out his feet towards the old lady would give her great offence.
Page 29 - When not hungry he used to sit petting and stroking a pariah or vagrant dog, which he used to permit to feed out of the same dish with him. A short time before his death, Captain Nicholetts shot this dog, as he used to eat the greater part of the food given to the boy, who seemed in consequence to be getting thin. The boy did not seem in the least to care for the death of the dog.
Page 37 - I gave her a spoon, which she threw on the floor. I forced her out of the chair and made her pick it up. Finally I succeeded in getting her back in her chair again, and held the spoon in her hand, compelling her to take up the food with it and put it in her mouth. In a few minutes she yielded and finished her breakfast peaceably.
Page 171 - The latter statement is certainly untrue for every one of the animals mentioned, and there is not, except as regards the hippopotamus, a word to suggest it in the authority which he cites.
Page 120 - ... my neck and bit my cheeks. It was undoubtedly a curious way of making love, and, when I had been bitten all over, and was pretty tired of the new sensation, we retired to our respective homes. Kissing, apparently, was an unknown art to her.
Page 158 - But these very savages detest all, who are not of their family, or their tribe ; and hunt the Indians of a neighbouring tribe, who live at war with their own, as we hunt game.
Page 300 - In the first place, their social organisation presents one of the most perfect examples still surviving of matriarchal institutions, carried out with a logic and thoroughness which, to those accustomed to regard the status and authority of the father as the foundation of society, are exceedingly remarkable. Not only is the mother the head and source, and only bond of union, of the family : in the most primitive part of the hills, the Synteng country, she is the only owner of real property, and through...