The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors : Explaining the Non-human Names of Arab Kinship Groups, Volume 2-2 Appendices /

The Animal Names of the Arab Ancestors : Explaining the Non-human Names of Arab Kinship Groups, Volume 2-2 Appendices /

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,&quo...

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Main Author: Young, William C. (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.

Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 178.2-2.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.

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Afro-Asiatic Languages.
Languages and Linguistics.
Middle East and Islamic Studies.

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Call Number: P57.I4

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Table of Contents:
  • Appendix K: List of Kinship Groups Named after Birds
  • Appendix L: List of Kinship Groups Named After Mammals
  • Appendix M: List of Kinship Groups Named after Plants
  • Appendix N: List of Kinship Groups Named after Insects, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Appendix O: List of Kinship Groups Named after Reptiles and Amphibians
  • Appendix P: List of Kinship Groups Named after Types of Marine Life
  • Appendix Q: Ancestor Eponymy: Kinship Group Names Derived from Biological Terms That Are Also Used as Personal Names
  • Appendix R: List of Nicknames Derived from Terms for Natural Species Found in the Onomasticon Arabicum
  • Appendix S: Non-genealogical Names of Tribes, Sub-tribes, and Clans in Nineteenth-Century Palestine
  • Appendix T: List of Sedentary Kinship Groups Named after Natural Species in Northern Jordan.