Re: Re: Chiefs & Kings

From: KYER, JEFFREY <jeff.kyer_at_...>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 09:43:18 -0500

TTrotsky_at_... wrote:
>
> Pascal Milhau:
>
> << a) May a heortling tribal king be a clan chief at the same time?>>
>
> Yes. Most are, apparently. (TR p. 174).
>
> << b) To be a tribal king one have to be (and remain) a clan chief ?
> >>
>
> No, its not compulsory, just common.
>
> Trotsky
>

Being Clan Chief gives a Tribal King a personal powerbase that is just not readily availble in many Tribal socieites. There's not quite as much land/power/authority that comes with the role as would come with something more hereditary.

Jeff

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