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Son preference is the ancient and cross-cultural human preference for male (rather than female) offspring. Son preference has been demonstrated across all social classes, from "succession laws in royal families to land inheritance in peasant families." [1] Sons are considered both a status symbol and a genetic and economic competitive advantage ...
The Burgundian succession in 1361 was resolved in favor of King John II, son of a younger daughter, on basis of blood proximity, being a nearer cousin of the dead duke than Charles II of Navarre, grandson of the elder daughter and son of Jeanne. John was only one generation of consanguinity removed from the late duke instead of two for Charles.
Hosea 1 relates how Hosea has three children, a son called Jezreel, a daughter Lo-Ruhamah and another son Lo-Ammi. All the names are described in the text as having symbolic meaning, reflecting the relationship between God and Israel. Jezreel is named after the valley of that name. Lo-Ruhamah is named to denote the ruined condition of the ...
Aegyptus and Danaus - Sons of Belus and Achiroe, a naiad daughter of Nile. Aeolus and Boeotus - Sons of Poseidon and Arne. Lycastus and Parrhasius - Sons of Ares and Phylonome, daughter of Nyctimus of Arcadia. Amphion and Zethus - Sons of Zeus by Antiope; Centaurus and Lapithes - Sons of Ixion and Nephele or Apollo and Stilbe.
SEE ALSO: Mother horrified after learning what heart symbol on daughter's stuffed toy really meant A FBI document obtained by Wikileaks details the symbols and logos used by pedophiles to identify ...
Scholars have debated what being "born of nine mothers" implies and have sought to connect the notion to other European folk motifs. Scholars have theorized that Heimdallr's Nine Mothers may be identical to the Nine Daughters of Ægir and Rán, who personify waves. In turn, Heimdallr would be born of the sea.
The parent may have sole custody of the children, or separated parents may have a shared-parenting arrangement where the children divide their time (possibly equally) between two different single-parent families or between one single-parent family and one blended family. As compared to sole custody, physical, mental and social well-being of ...
Two well-accepted reflexes of the Divine Twins, the Vedic Aśvins and the Lithuanian Ašvieniai, are linguistic cognates ultimately deriving from the Proto-Indo-European word for the horse, *h 1 éḱwos. They are related to Sanskrit áśva and Avestan aspā (both from Indo-Iranian *Haćwa), and to Old Lithuanian ašva, which all share the ...