Brother-sister marriage — Mythoi

Motif

Brother-sister marriage.

Sex. · Illicit sexual relations. · Incest. · view the constellation · filed as T415.5

Filed across the traditions

Icelandic Boberg
Greek Fox 164 (Zeus and Hera), *Frazer Pausanias II 84
India Thompson-Balys
N. Am. Indian (Klikitat) Jacobs U Wash II 31
Africa (Fang) Tessman 185.

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