Ghost marriage

Japanese: 亡霊婚 - ぼうれいこん(英語表記)ghost marriage
Ghost marriage

A type of marriage in which, when a man dies without leaving behind a male heir or a wife to give birth to one, his brothers or close relatives take wives in the name of the deceased. This is well known among the pastoral Nuer people of West Africa and South Sudan, but is also seen in Asia. The social father of a child born from this marriage is considered to be the ghost of the deceased, and has the rights and obligations of the child of the deceased.

[Yasushi Kato]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

婚姻形態の一種で、男子の後継者も、それを生んでくれる妻も残さずに男が死んだ場合、彼の兄弟や近親者が、死んだ男の名前で妻をめとること。西アフリカ、南スーダンの牧畜民ヌエルなどが有名であるが、アジアにもみられる。その結婚から生まれた子供の社会的父親は、死者の亡霊だと考えられており、死者の子としての権利・義務をもつ。

[加藤 泰]

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