Matriarchy

Matriarchy is a social system in which positions of power and privilege are held by women. In a broader sense it can also extend to moral authority, social privilege, and control of property. While those definitions apply in general English, definitions specific to anthropology and feminism differ in some respects.

English poet and novelist (1895-1985)

Lithuanian-American archaeologist

British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)

Sumatran indigenous group native to Minangkabau Highlands in western Sumatra

archipelago in Guinea-Bissau

2011 film by Simon Wells

Swiss jurist and philologist (1815–1887)

island group of Papua New Guinea

1890 non-fiction work by James George Frazer

female monarch who rules a country in her own right

Austrian-American sociologist

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societal system of married couples residing with or near the wife's parents

Dutch-British archaeologist (1925–2012)

French historian, musicologist and Indologist (1907–1994)

ethnic group

modern revival of divine feminine or female-centered spirituality

religion that focuses on a goddess or goddesses

micronation

Queen Arawelo (; also spelled Arrawelo, Araweelo, Arraweelo, or Arawailo), also known as Ebla Awad, was a proto-Somali Queen in traditional folklore. Her story is found in folklore across the Horn of Africa —such as in the stories of Queen Gudit in Ethiopian and Eritrean folklore and Queen Furra in Sidama folklore. The person behind these various alternative names is portrayed as a powerful female ruler, probably identical to Māsobā Wārq, the daughter of the last Aksumite king, Dil Na'ad, mentioned in an early Arabic source.

book by Robert Graves

German activist

Intentional community organised by lesbian separatists

1906 film by Alice Guy-Blaché

2014 film directed by Riad Sattouf

Lingeer (also: Linger or Linguère) was the title given to the mother or sister of a king in the Serer kingdoms of Sine, Saloum, and previously the Kingdom of Baol; and the Wolof kingdoms of Cayor, Jolof, Baol and Waalo in pre-colonial Senegal. The word "Lingeer" means "queen" or "princess" in Serer and Wolof languages. The Lingeer was considered the “great princess of royal courts.” These kingdoms utilized a bilineal system, as a candidate for kingship could not succeed to the throne if he was not a member of the reigning materlineage, and thus, the Lingeer's maternal lineage was highly signif

American author, sculptor, and professor of art and art history

Seder-Masochism is a 2018 American animated musical biblical comedy-drama film written, directed, produced and animated by American artist Nina Paley. The film reinterprets the Book of Exodus, especially stories associated with the Passover Seder, such as the death of the Egyptian first-born, and Moses leading the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. The film depicts these events against a backdrop of widespread worship of the Great Mother Goddess, showing the rise of patriarchy.

non-fiction work by Raphael Patai

religion venerating the Earth and nature

broadly inclusive term

Book by Merlin Stone

Migration flow in Meghalaya

non-fiction work by Cynthia Eller

German art historian

matriarchal society in Southern China in the second half of the first millenium AD

Furra or Fura was a medieval queen (Nigist) of the Sidama region in southern Ethiopia. Her story is found in folklore across the Horn of Africa—such as in the stories of Queen Gudit in Northern Ethiopian and Eritean folklore and Queen Araweelo in Somali folklore. The person behind these various alternative names is portrayed as a powerful female ruler, probably identical to Māsobā Wārq, the daughter of the last Aksumite king, Dil Na'ad, mentioned in an early Arabic source.

British-German television series