Editing Polygamy (section)

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''Fraternal polyandry'' was traditionally practiced among [[nomad]]ic [[Tibetan people|Tibetans]] in [[Nepal]], parts of [[China]] and part of northern India, in which two or more brothers would marry the same woman. It is most common in societies marked by high male mortality. It is associated with ''[[partible paternity]]'', the  cultural belief that a child can have more than one father.<ref name="Starkweather2012" />

''Non-fraternal polyandry'' occurs when the wives' husbands are unrelated, as among the [[Velakkathala Nair|Nayar tribe of India]], where girls undergo a ritual marriage before puberty,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Levine |first1=Nancy E. |last2=Silk |first2=Joan B. |date=1997 |title=Why Polyandry Fails: Sources of Instability in Polyandrous Marriages |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/204624 |journal=Current Anthropology |volume=38 |issue=3 |pages=375–398 |doi=10.1086/204624 |jstor=10.1086/204624 |s2cid=17048791 |issn=0011-3204 |access-date=7 December 2023 |archive-date=30 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530062802/https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/204624 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the first husband is acknowledged as the father of all her children. However, the woman may never cohabit with that man, taking multiple lovers instead; these men must acknowledge the paternity of their children (and hence demonstrate that no [[Caste system in India|caste]] prohibitions have been breached) by paying the [[midwife]]. The women remain in their maternal home, living with their brothers, and property is passed [[matrilineally]].<ref name="Gough">{{Cite journal |last=Gough |first=E. Kathleen |title=The Nayars and the Definition of Marriage |journal=Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland |year=1959 |volume=89|issue=1 |pages=23–34|doi=10.2307/2844434|jstor=2844434 }}</ref> A similar form of matrilineal, de facto polyandry can be found in the institution of [[walking marriage]] among the [[Mosuo women|Mosuo]] tribe of China.