primal horde, n.All

The Primal horde (n.) would ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠see ever-recurring and violent succession: sons whose parricidal hands were soon clenched again in fratricidal strife.

The Primal horde (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Freud's vision, built from Darwin and Robertson Smith: sons who killed and ate a despotic father, and out of the guilt came religion and law.

The Primal horde (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a small band under one strong male, master and father of all, who owned every female and killed, castrated or drove out the sons who roused his jealousy.