The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors: Explaining the Non-Human Names of Arab Kinship Groups, Appendices (2) (Handbook of Oriental Studies: The Near and Middle East, 178)

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9004697470

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9789004697478

Released: Apr 24, 2024
Format: Hardcover, 1240 pages

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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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