WOMEN AS WITCHES AND KEEPERS OF DEMONS - CROSS-CULTURAL-ANALYSIS OF STRUGGLES TO CHANGE GENDER RELATIONS

This paper examines the processes which led to the change in gender re lations and the establishment of patriarchy, Specifically, the authors look at some events which are evidence of the struggle between women and men in the course of establishing men's domination. The phenomena analysed are those of 'dain' among the Santhal and Munda in Jharkhand. India; the 'pippa' of the Dai in Yunnan province of China; and the Ch ao Pu Xi among the Naxi and Du among the Mosuo, also in Yunnan provinc e.