Chapter 15

16Maternal kinship,8Maternal love, origin of, Mr. Atkinson on,231Mathews, Mr. John, on aboriginal jealousy,9nMathews, Mr., on Australian inter-tribal barter,6;on prohibited marriages,27;on group marriages,35n;on marriage divisions in Australia,38;on class names,119; on totem names,120Matriarchal theory,20Melanesian ghost-worship,182;sacrifices,183Melanesian social system,176Menomini myth,66Mincopies (Andamanese),9Modern theories of totem origin: Mr. A. H. Keane's theory,140;Mr. Max Müller's theory,141;Mr. Herbert Spencer's theory,142;Mr. Frazer's theories,143;Mr. N. W. Thomas's theory,148;Dr. Wilken's theory,150; MissAlice Fletcher's theory,151;Mr. Hill Tout's theory,152;Messrs. Hose and McDougall's theory,153;Mr. Haddon's theory,156:an objection to these theories,159;the author's conjecture,161Modification of sexual habit, Mr. Atkinson on,227Morgan, Mr., on human origin,7;his criticism of Mr. McLennan's terms,13n;his theory of exogamy,33;and exogamous phratries,37;his theory quoted by Mr. Fison,65;and the class system,89;his theory of communal marriage,90;the theory inexplicable,91;his views on the origin of classes and totems,92;on terms of relationship,93;on communal marriage in Hawaii,98;his theory opposed by Darwin,98;on primitive brother-and-sister marriage,281Mother kin,20Mother-and-son avoidance, Veddah,274Mother-in-law, 'avoidance' of,277;Mr. Atkinson on,213;Mr. Crawley on its origin,278Mother-in-law, customs concerning,272,273,275Müller, Mr. Max, and totem origin,141Mungun-ngaur, Australian divinity,5Munro, Dr., on primitive man,4Myth, savage, and scientific hypothesis, coincidence of,76Myths, Arunta,75;Greek and Egyptian totemic,201NAIRSof Malabar,22Narrinyeri totem eaters,179Nascent man a solitary polygamous male,220;younger males expelled from family,220;absence of a paring season,226;effect of diet on sexual function,227;prolonged infancy,230;maternal love,231;retention of adult son in family,232;distinction between females in the family circle,236;rule of 'avoidance,'237;primal law the parent of exogamy,238;the editor's view,238;sexual relations between sire and daughter,251;widows of the polygamous husband,252;introduction of outside males,254;effect of female sexual jealousy,256;recognition of cousinship,257;interchange of sisters,258;division of the group,260Nature-worship, Lord Avebury's synonym of totemism,122New Caledonia, separation of brother and sister,214;infanticide of twins,215; avoidance in,275New Caledonia totems,136New Caledonian totem belief,143New Caledonian tribes, hostility between,167New Hebrides, North, class divisions in,178Nooreli, Australian divinity,5,138North American Indian group names,172Northern Victoria, tribal tradition of,64Nyarongs, Sarawak,153OMAHAmagical societies,197; Miss Alice Fletcher on,198Omaha manitus, Miss Fletcher on,152Omaha totem groups,196Origin of avoidance, Mr. Atkinson on,276Origin of classes and totems, Mr. Morgan's view,92Origin of totemism, theories regarding the,49,50;Lord Avebury on,123Orissa, avoidance in275Orkney, group sobriquets in,296PALÆOLITHICman, Dr. Munro on,4,5;possessed religous belief,5Palæolithic remains found in France,5Parker, Mrs. Langloh, on the Euahlayi,186n.Patriarchal family first social unit,7;Sir Henry Maine's opinion,7;Mr. Freeman's concurrence,7;absent from 'non-Aryan' races,8Persian royal marriages,262Peruvian Incas' marriages,1,262Pfeil, Count von, on inter-tribal hostility,168Phratria, the Attic,205Phratries,35; intended to produce exogamy,53Phratries and totem groups, relative antiquity,35Phratries and totems of the Arunta,81Phratries and totems, relations of,74Phratry, Herr Cunow on the development of,116Phratry names usually totemic,116Phratry, origin of the, Mr. McGee's view,52;Mr. Howitt's theory,53;Mr. Frazer's ideas,57Piets, royal, counted descent through female line,21Pinaru, Dieri headman's title,105Piraungaru arrangement,105; among the Urabunna,106Pirmaheal, Australian divinity,5Plant names, Attic,205Pollux on the Attic genos,206Polyandry in Malabar,22Polyandry supposed origin of maternal kin-name,9Polygamy probable institution of primitive man,4Polygyny and monogamy, Mr. Darwin's group basis,64Powell's, Major, ethnological terminology,10n;use of the word 'totem,'132'Primary divisions' totemic and exogamous,43;Mr. Howitt's hypothesis,46;probably the result of amalgamation,181Primitive brother-and-sister marriage, Mr. Morgan on,281Primitive man, opinions on,4Pristine groups necessarily small,164;governed by sexual jealousy,165Prohibited marriages, Arunta, by affinity,88Pundjel, Australian divinity,5QAT, Melanesian object of prayer,184RELATIONSHIPby generations,90;Mr. Morgan's theory,93Relationship constituted by local contiguity, Mr. Atkinson on,289Relationship terms, origin of,102;difference of meaning between savage and civilised,102;family and tribal significance,103;express status,129Relationships, Lord Avebury on,128Relationships, Arunta, which preclude marriage,88;curious distinctions,88'Religion,' Mr. Crawley's definition of,23Reverence for totems, nyarongs, and naguals,186Ridley, Rev. W., and Australian exogamous phratries,37Robertson, Mr. Duncan, on group sobriquets in Orkney,296Roman traditions as to tribal origin,8Roth, Dr., and Australian native customs,6n;on the evolution of classes,114Rusden, Mr., on the Hunter River totems,148SACREDanimals in savage society,131Sacrifices, Melanesian,183Samoan 'totem gods,'137Sarawak, nyarongs in,153'Second master,' Urabunna wife's,104;not a survival of communal marriage,105Selwyn, Bishop, quoted as to Melanesian ghost-worship,182Sex protector, Australian,144Sex totem, killing a,146Sexes mutually dangerous, savage beliefs,19,24Sexual family relations common to all animals,224Sexual functions, modification of, Mr. Atkinson on,227Sexual jealousy, Mr. Atkinson on,220,272,276Sexual jealousy the pause of exogamous marriage,18Siouan gentes, Mr. Dorsey on,172Siouan gentes, names of,295; probably totemic,175Siouan tribes,11Smith, Mr. Robertson, and totemism,17;on prohibited marriages,27Sobriquets, English village,295;Siouan,295; Orkney and Shetland,296;Ancient Jewish,300Social changes the result of sexual jealousy, Mr. Atkinson on,272Social rules, growth of, in the tribe,107Social system of Melanesia,176Solomon Islands, no division into kindreds,178;exogamous groups,179Son-in-law, customs concerning,272,273,275Spencer, Mr., on the origin of totemism,60,142;on exogamous groups in the Arunta tribe,61;his reason for their introduction,62;inconclusive statements,62;his latest hypothesis regarding totemism,68Spencer and Gillen on aboriginal jealousy,9;on totem groups,15n,16;on Urabunna descent,20;and the Arunta marriage ceremony,24;on the class system in Australia,37;on changes of tribal custom,67;and 'communal marriage,'69;on Arunta totem eating,73;on Arunta marital relations,74;on totems and phratries,74;on Arunta legends,76,77;on marriage regulations,78;on tribal and individual relationships,89;on terms of relationship,95;on 'classificatory' terms,100;on Urabunna customs,101;on totem origin,141;on brother-and-sister 'avoidance,'216;on Australian group marriage,293State, origin of the, Sir H. Maine on,7Status implied by relationship terms,101'Stealthy' intercourse preliminary to marriage,265Supremacy of women, supposed period of,9Sutherland crest,163TANKERVILLE, LORD, on the Chillingham Park bulls,222Terminology, the author's,37n; Mr. Fison's,38nTerminology, confusing,10,44,126,130Terms of relationship, Mr. Morgan on,93;origin of,102;family and tribal significance,103Thlinket ideas of totems,139Thomas, Mr. N. W., on totemism,148Totem, restricted meaning of the word,133;original word doubtful,135;cult, the,136;origin probably not religious,137Totem alliance, Mr. Jevons on,134Totem eating, Arunta,71Totem group names, folk-lore illustrative of,169,Totem groups, local,15;heterogeneous,30;Mr. Morgan on the origin of,92Totem groups and magic, Arunta,196,198Totem groups and phratries, relative antiquity,35Totem influence among the Arunta,61Totem kindreds,10,12Totem name a bar to marriage,16;liable to change,48;origin forgotten,184;implies blood kinship,193Totem prohibition of tribal marriage,35Totemic divisions of the Arunta,83Totemic influence on the Keddies' marriage customs,287Totemic myths, ancient Greek and Egyptian,201Totemic rules differ from civilised marriage laws,87Totemic system and exogamy,80Totemism, Lord Avebury on,122Totemism among the Arunta,68Totemism and exogamy,16Totemism dying in Melanesia,184Totemism, group, exogamous, the author's conjecture,161Totemism, origin of,14,131;theories regarding,49,50;Mr. Spencer on,60Totems and phratries, relations of,74Totems, classification of, by Mr. Frazer,132Totems, distribution of, in the 'phratries,'55Totems, Mr. Fison on the origin of,45Totems, original purpose of, Mr. Atkinson on,282Tout, Mr. Hill, on totem origin,152Tribal and individual relationship,88Tribal custom, Messrs. Spencer and Gillen on,67Tribal divisions totemic in origin,54Tribal heterogeneousness,8Tribe, origin of the, Sir H. Maine on,7;definition of the word,11;an aggregation, not a division,98;not a primitive institution,103;growth of social rules in the,107Turanian gentes,92Tylor, Mr., on exogamy and totemism,17;considers descent through female line the more archaic,21;his researches into laws of marriage and descent,109;on the word 'totem,'131n;on Fijian and Samoan totemism,137;supports Dr. Wilken's theory of totem origin,150URABUNNAtribe of Central Australia,1,10; tribal divisions,11;marriage restrictions,12; descent through the female line,20,69;exogamous and totemic division,54; intermarry with the Arunta,69;communal marriage among,69; less developed than the Arunta,75;terms of relationship,93; status implied by relationship terms,101;Spencer and Gillen on customs,101; marriage laws,104;'second masters' of married women,104; Piraungaru custom,105VEDDAHS, avoidance of father and daughter,274; of mother and son,274Victoria, Northern, tribal tradition of,64Village names, ancient Hebrew,300Village sobriquets, English,173,295WESTERMARCK, DR., on promiscuous sexual relationship,9;on the matriarchal theory,20;on ape etiquette,25;his theory of exogamy,33;on terms of relationship,95;on brother-and-sister avoidance,240;on Annamese and Hottentot relationships,240;on marriage by Rapture,248Western Australia totem, Sir George Grey on,144Wilken's, Dr., theory of totemic origin,150;depends on the patriarchal theory,151Witchetty Grub, Australian totem,170Woeworung, the,41; myths,66,139,159,163Women, supremacy of, supposed period of,9Women, dominion of,20YAKUTS, avoidance among the,275ZAPOTECSand their tona,144Zulu superstition,136,143


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