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Updated: June 15, 2025
Moreover, I am certain from my own study that these survivals are of much wider occurrence than is believed, but as yet the facts are insufficiently established. It now remains to consider a new field of inquiry; and that is the abundant evidence of mother-right to be found in folk-lore, in heroic legends, and in the fairy-stories of our children.
Endeavour has been made in the previous chapters to present the case for mother-right as clearly and concisely as possible.
This function was the original and legitimate base of family life; and its ample sustaining power throughout the long early period of "the mother-right;" or as we call it, the matriarchate; the father being her assistant in the great work.
As we may expect, there is less direct evidence of mother-right in the other European countries than is the case in conservative Spain. Dargun, who has written much on this subject, believes that maternal descent was formerly practised among the Germans.
Let us now concentrate our attention on the complete maternal family, where the clan is grouped around the mothers. The examples in this chapter will be taken from the aboriginal tribes of North and South America among whom traces of the maternal system are common, while in some cases mother-right is still in force.
When the matrilineal, matrilocal and matripotestal conditions are found together, we have mother-right at its fullest and strongest.
I have to prove that such conditions arose in the primitive patriarchal family as it advanced towards social aggregation, that would not only make possible, but, as I believe, would necessitate the power of the mothers asserting its force in the group-family. Only when this is done can I hope that a new belief in mother-right may find acceptance.
The incident of the recovery of the bride not found in all the stories New Zealand sagas Andrianòro Mother-right The father represented under a forbidding aspect Tasks imposed on the hero The Buddhist theory of the Grateful Animals The feather-robe a symbol of bride's superhuman character Mode of capture The Taboo Dislike of fairies for iron Utterance of name forbidden Other prohibitions Fulfilment of fate The taboo a mark of progress in civilization The divine ancestress Totems and Banshees Re-appearance of mother to her children The lady of the Van Pool an archaic deity.
She takes the place of the youngest daughter, and becomes the head of the household. She inherits the ancestral property. In the face of these facts it can hardly be denied that mother-right and mother-power among the Khasis are still very much alive. Here at least descent through the mother does involve power to women, and confers exceptional rights, especially as regards inheritance.
This is the early form of purchase marriage, such bridal-gifts being the forerunners of the payment of a fixed bride-price. We still find purchase marriage practised side by side with beenah marriage in the countries where the transitional stage has been reached and mother-right contends with father-right. But there is stronger evidence even than these two cases.
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