{"id":127,"date":"2024-02-14T20:40:38","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.observingthemortals.com\/?p=127"},"modified":"2024-02-14T20:40:38","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T20:40:38","slug":"polygyny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.observingthemortals.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/14\/polygyny\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygyny"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>it refers to marriage in which\u00a0one common husband\u00a0is engaged in marital ties with more than one wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Features of such societies&nbsp;&#8211; hunter gathers, frequent warfare, primitive agri, horticulture &amp; high role of women in subsistence&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Example<\/u><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; The&nbsp;<strong>Baiga, Naga, Gonds &amp; Toda, Naga&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In Pre independent Bengal, practice of Hypergamy leas to polygyny&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More wives in&nbsp;<strong>Nagas<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2192 status symbol \u2192 heroism&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More women \u2192 \u2191 child \u2192 more labour i.e Economic pragmatism ;&nbsp;<strong>African tribes<\/strong>&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;<strong>central Indian tribes<\/strong>&nbsp;like&nbsp;<strong>Santhal<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Types of Polygyny<\/u><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><u>Sororal Polygyny<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><u>Non Sororal Polygyny<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div data-post-id=\"128\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-128 \"><h1 class='insert-page-title'>Sororal Polygyny<\/h1>\n<p>Marriage in which a man is married to two nor more sisters.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"blob:https:\/\/www.observingthemortals.com\/519bf94c-3386-4fb9-aaf6-c769d00b1278\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div data-post-id=\"129\" class=\"insert-page insert-page-129 \"><h1 class='insert-page-title'>Non Sororal Polygyny<\/h1>\n<p>Marriage in which wives are not related as sisters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>it refers to marriage in which\u00a0one common husband\u00a0is engaged in marital ties with more than&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,9,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - 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