Two lovers give each other up when they learn that they are brother and sister

Motif

Two lovers give each other up when they learn that they are brother and sister.

Sex. · Illicit sexual relations. · Incest. · view the constellation · filed as T415.4

Scholars’ trail — 2references

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IndiaThompson-Balys.
general *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XXVIII 75

Within the index

Filed under Brother-sister incest.

Filed beside it

Lecherous brother. Wants to seduce (marry) his sister Brother repels incestuous sister Lovers reared as brother and sister learn to their joy that they are not related Brother-sister marriage Suicide to prevent brother-sister marriage When boy cannot have his sister for a wife he asks for one of her eyes and ears instead

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