primal horde, n.Definitions

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 ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠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.

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.