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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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| Kim McCone | instance of | before their full integration into society.Scholars | 0.80 | text |
| Heinrich Schurtz | instance of | and 'black youths'.Invention of the conceptThe concept was developed in the early 20th century by scholars | 0.80 | text |
| Stefan Zimmer are sceptical of attempts to derive a unified system from sources that span different periods | instance of | and sexual license.Criticism and limitsCritics | 0.80 | text |
| Heinrich Schurtz | instance of | Invention of the conceptThe concept was developed in the early 20th century by scholars | 0.80 | text |
| Stefan Zimmer are sceptical of attempts to derive a unified system from sources that span different periods | instance of | Criticism and limitsCritics | 0.80 | text |
| Κορούμαχος | instance of | found in personal names | 0.80 | text |
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| and warrior frenzy | instance of | idealising traits | 0.80 | text |
| the Athenian ephebeia | instance of | The wolf-symbolism has been highlighted in Greek age-set confraternities | 0.80 | text |
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