The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum - View Single Post - Matriarchal or Patriarchal societies in ME ???

The Might · 01-06-2007, 06:14 PM

Good point littlemanpoet, I guess you are right...
Also consdering that all other societies seem to be patriarchal, I expect the Stoors were as well, and that perhaps in absence of Smeagol's grandfather or of another elderly family member the decision was made by the eldest person - his grandmother
Even Eru is presented just like the God of Christians as a patriarchal figure
Even Melian could be probably considered a matriarch, Thingol might have been king, but everyone knows who really was the boss in Doriath and who kept it safe.
I wonder what would have however happened had Galadriel accepted the Ring...perhaps a change ?

01-06-2007, 06:14 PM	#6
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Good point littlemanpoet, I guess you are right... Also consdering that all other societies seem to be patriarchal, I expect the Stoors were as well, and that perhaps in absence of Smeagol's grandfather or of another elderly family member the decision was made by the eldest person - his grandmother Even Eru is presented just like the God of Christians as a patriarchal figure Even Melian could be probably considered a matriarch, Thingol might have been king, but everyone knows who really was the boss in Doriath and who kept it safe. I wonder what would have however happened had Galadriel accepted the Ring...perhaps a change ? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown