The Blue people control access to power among the Grugenach people. In the old days, before time began, the Red people had arrived first on the Island, before the Blue people, but they had married their father's sister's daughters and had so forfeited their rights to power. The Blue people, true to the ways of the ancestors, always married their father's brother's daughters and so displaced the Red people. This case demonstrates myth being used as

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This case demonstrates myth being used as a social charter, as it provides a justification for the social structure and power dynamics among the Grugenach people, legitimizing the Blue people's control over power through ancestral marriage practices.

The Blue People Control Access to Power Among the Grugenach