The constellation
T415 Brother-sister incest
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- Lecherous brother. Wants to seduce (marry) his sister · T415.1 entry
- Brother repels incestuous sister · T415.2 entry
- Lovers reared as brother and sister learn to their joy that they are not related · T415.3 entry
- Two lovers give each other up when they learn that they are brother and sister · T415.4 entry
- Brother-sister marriage · T415.5 entry
- Suicide to prevent brother-sister marriage · T415.6 entry
- When boy cannot have his sister for a wife he asks for one of her eyes and ears instead · T415.7 entry
keeps company
cross-ref
carried in tale type
- Gregory on the Stone · ATU 933
attested in
- Tales of the North American Indians · Tale 2