non-exogamous

Updated: July 20, 2026

Elsewhere in the Carolines and in Tikopia there are non-exogamous social groups, sacred animals greatly revered, and in some places belief in descent from an animal-god. The diversity in Micronesian customs may be due in part to mixture of tribes resulting from migrations.

Crawford Howell Toy - Introduction to the History of Religions: Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV