High Gods

Associated Documents (6)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Peregrine, Peter N.The birth of the gods revisited: a partial replication of guy swanson's (1960) cross-cultural st...
Roberts, John M.Belief in the evil eye in world perspective
Roberts, John M.Oaths, autonomic ordeals, and power
Eff, E. AnthonFarming and Fighting: An Empirical Analysis of the Ecological-Evolutionary Theory of the Inciden...
Šaffa, GabrielGlobal phylogenetic analysis reveals multiple origins and correlates of genital mutilation/cutting

Associated Hypotheses (6)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Peregrine, Peter N.The presence of monotheistic high gods will be more likely in societies with three or more types of sovereign groups ranked in hierarchical order (89).
Roberts, John M."The evil-eye-belief scale is positively associated with beliefs in high gods . . . [and community rites-of-passage and calendrical ceremonies]" (250-251)
Roberts, John M.". . . high gods are associated with both oaths and ordeals. The absence of ordeals is also linked with the absence of high gods. Directionally oaths are associated with the presence of supportive gods" (185)
Eff, E. AnthonThe presence of high gods will be negatively associated with the frequency of external warfare
Šaffa, GabrielGenital mutilation/cutting is associated with high gods.

Associated OCMs

  1. general character of religion
  2. spirits and gods