Which is clearly mythically 'wrong' for Nandan As We Know Him. Doubtless there are minorities of minorities of minorities, but I think we might be best srved by working out what the 'common' pattern is, at least.
> > > So it would seem that at least one more class of marriage must exist
> > > for the Orlanthi, to cater for the special needs of the Nandani.
> >
> > Why? High or low status, I don't see how their situation varies
> > form that of women, fundamentally.
>
> It does : legally, they are men.
That seems questionable. Certainly not for the purposes of marriage.
> In the 'Nandani Husband' model I suggested, the children belong
> to the Nandani's clan. Which is very important, because if the
> Nandani came from a typical patrilinear clan, he will transfer his
> bloodline from his father to his sons, even though he himself is
> legally a wife.
But why does this make any more sense that any other model? It strikes me as being an exercise in combinatorics than anything motivated by conditions on the ground.
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