two-group

Updated: May 12, 2025

Both have undergone great changes produced by similar sets of circumstances, and in both cases the simplest form is probably the oldest, though here again definite data are lacking. However, comparison of the known exogamous systems points to a two-group arrangement as that from which the existing forms have come.

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