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

• Superior document: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 178.2-2
• VerfasserIn: Young, William C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• 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.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (890 pages)

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...

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.