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Männerbund

The Männerbund (German: 'alliance of men') refers to the theoretical Proto-Indo-European brotherhood of warriors in which unmarried young males served for several years, as a rite of passage into manhood, before their full integration into society.

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Männerbund

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Edges140
Triples248
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014184
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related to Germanic tradition · 25
Männerbund → Anthony, Chatti, David, Further, Harii, Heruli, Icelandic, In, Indo-European, Kershaw, Lombards, Lugii, Martin, Michael, Norse, Old Norse, Sigmund, Sinfjötli, Speidel, Tacitus
related to Modern research · 24
Männerbund → Balto-Slavic, BCE, Bruce Lincoln, Celtic, From, Gerhard Meiser, Germanic, Greek, Harry Falk, Indo-European, Indo-European-speaking, Indo-Iranian, James, Kershaw, Kim McCone, Mallory, Michael, Männerbund-type, Priscilla, Proto-Indo-European
related to Invention of the concept · 23
Männerbund → Austrian, Early, From, Georges Dumézil, German, Germanic, Hans Blüher, Heinrich Schurtz, Heinrich Schurtz's Altersklassen, Henri Jeanmaire, Höfler's, Indian, Iranian, Lily Weiser-Aall, Lily Weiser-Aall's, Männerbünde, Otto Höfler, Richard Wolfram, Robert Stumpfl, Scandinavian
related to Italic tradition · 18
Männerbund → According, BC, Brahmin, Brahmins, Celtic, Dialis, Germanic, In, Italic Männerbund, Krešimir Vuković, Mamertines, Mischa Meier, Männerbund-like, Nevertheless, Roman, Sergent, Vedic, Vrātyas
related to Criticism and limits · 14
Männerbund → According, Baltic, Celtic-Germanic, Critics, Greek, He, Indo-European, Iranian, Mallory, Proto-Indo-European, Stefan Zimmer, The, To, Zimmer
related to Greek tradition · 14
Männerbund → According, Aleksandar Loma, An, Athenian, From, Greek, In, In Ancient Greece, Indo-European, Leading, Relegated, Spartan, The, Their
related to Reconstructed noun · 14
Männerbund → Although, Birgit Anette Olsen, In, Indo-European, Indo-European Männerbund, Kim McCone, Lithuanian, Mallory, Old Persian, Persian, PIE, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European, The
related to Terminology · 14
Männerbund → Bremmer, Bruderschaft, German, Germanic, Harry Falk, In Indo-European, Indo-European, Jan, Jugendbünde, Jungmannschaft, Other, Some, Stefan Zimmer, The
related to Darkness · 12
Männerbund → Aram, Armenia, Armenian, Frequent, In, Indo-European, Indra, Medieval Armenia, Rudra, The, The Männerbund, Vedic
related to Krasnosamarskoe · 12
Männerbund → Anthony, Archeologist Kristian Kristiansen, At Krasnosamarskoe, BC, BCE, Corded Ware Culture, David, Iranian, Samara, Srubnaya, The, Volga

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indo-european young warriors society may proto-indo-european also groups wolves dogs warrior males later war-bands scholars germanic proposed tradition greek vedic

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Kim McConeinstance ofbefore their full integration into society.Scholars0.80text
Heinrich Schurtzinstance ofand 'black youths'.Invention of the conceptThe concept was developed in the early 20th century by scholars0.80text
Stefan Zimmer are sceptical of attempts to derive a unified system from sources that span different periodsinstance ofand sexual license.Criticism and limitsCritics0.80text
Heinrich Schurtzinstance ofInvention of the conceptThe concept was developed in the early 20th century by scholars0.80text
Stefan Zimmer are sceptical of attempts to derive a unified system from sources that span different periodsinstance ofCriticism and limitsCritics0.80text
Κορούμαχοςinstance offound in personal names0.80text
violenceinstance ofidealising traits0.80text
trickeryinstance ofidealising traits0.80text
swiftnessinstance ofidealising traits0.80text
great strengthinstance ofidealising traits0.80text
and warrior frenzyinstance ofidealising traits0.80text
the Athenian ephebeiainstance ofThe wolf-symbolism has been highlighted in Greek age-set confraternities0.80text

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