Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 1075 | The institution of counting, or tallying, coup has View more quotes about several">several obvious effects on the structure and nature of the society of the red savages. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 1072 | Too, in many tribes, a man who has not counted coup is not permitted to mate. |
| 1 | 1073 | In other tribes, such a man, if he is over twenty-five, is permitted to mate, but he is not allowed to paint his mate's face. |
| 1 | 1074 | Thus will her shame before the other women be made clear. |
| 1 | 1075 | The institution of counting, or tallying, coup has several obvious effects on the structure and nature of the society of the red savages. |
| 1 | 1076 | In particular, it tends, on the whole, to arrange social hierarchies in such a way that the society is oriented toward aggressiveness and warfare, features which tend to protect and preserve, in an almost natural harmony and balance, delicate relationships between food supplies, territories and populations. |
| 1 | 1077 | Viewed in this manner tribal warfare may be seen as an example of intraspecific aggression, with its attendant consequences in decentralizing and refining diverse populations. |
| 1 | 1078 | Too, if one regards these things as of any interest, the counting of coup and intertribal warfare lends color, excitement and zest to the lives of the red savages. |
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Too, in many tribes, a man who has not counted coup is not permitted to mate.
In other tribes, such a man, if he is over twenty-five, is permitted to mate, but he is not allowed to paint his mate's face.
Thus will her shame before the other women be made clear.
The institution of counting, or tallying, coup has several obvious effects on the structure and nature of the society of the red savages.
In particular, it tends, on the whole, to arrange social hierarchies in such a way that the society is oriented toward aggressiveness and warfare, features which tend to protect and preserve, in an almost natural harmony and balance, delicate relationships between food supplies, territories and populations.
Viewed in this manner tribal warfare may be seen as an example of intraspecific aggression, with its attendant consequences in decentralizing and refining diverse populations.
Too, if one regards these things as of any interest, the counting of coup and intertribal warfare lends color, excitement and zest to the lives of the red savages.
- (Savages of Gor)