The Emergence Machine

Levirate

process · Anthropology · Level 11 · E10

E10Institutions

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

levirate emerges from family. It requires culture, time.

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Wiktionary senses

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Historical origin

Origin word
levirate
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L2L1L0LevirateCustomCultureHusbandManMarriageSociety… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeObjectActionChangeCollectionExistenceEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesLevirateL11ManL8HusbandL9CustomL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

In other languages

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Man L8 (requires)
    Levirate: A custom in which a man marries a wife of his deceased brother, typically as a way to ensure the continuation of the family line and property inheritance.
  • Husband L9 (foundational)
    Family provides the foundational basis for understanding levirate.
  • Custom L10 (requires)
    Levirate: A custom in which a man marries a wife of his deceased brother, typically as a way to ensure the continuation of the family line and property inheritance.