The Animal Names Of The Arab Ancestors Explaining The Non Human Names Of Arab Kinship Groups Volume 1
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The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors
Author | : William C. Young |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 2024-02-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004690379 |
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In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups (lineages and tribes). Many lineages are named after animals, birds, and plants. Why? This survey evaluates five old explanations – “totemism,” “emulation of predatory animals,” “ancestor eponymy,” “nicknaming,” and “Bedouin proximity to nature.” It suggests a new hypothesis: Bedouin tribes use animal names to obscure their internal cleavages. Such tribes wax and wane as they attract and lose allies and clients; they include “attached” elements as well as actual kin. To prevent outsiders from spotting “attached” groups, Bedouin tribes scatter non-human names across their segments, making it difficult to link any segment with a human ancestor. Young’s argument contributes to theories of tribal organization, Arab identity, onomastics, and Near Eastern kinship.
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