The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors

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  • Author : William C. Young
  • Release Date : 2024-04-22
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 890
  • ISBN 13 : 9004697489
  • File Size : 30,30 MB
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The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors by William C. Young PDF Summary

Book Description: 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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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 f

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In the Arab world, people belong to kinship groups that are named after wolves, birds, and plants. Why these names? Young's book questions old explanations and