Fascinating essay. One question, one observation: 1. Hinduism has agricultural gods (Krishna's brother is called Halayudha, w/ plow as a weapon), is there a god who is an horticulturalist/hoe-wielder? 2. unlike African ones, Kerala's matrilineal societies were plow cultures.https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1164941895711117312 …
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I have to reread the essay but I recall it touching on latter point. I suspect matrilineal is much weaker than matriarchal. It might just be genealogical bookkeeping with most real power still enjoyed by men. I’d expect hoe culture gods to be much more animistic than abstract.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rongo might fit the bill?
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