Brother-sister incest — Mythoi

Motif

Brother-sister incest.

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

Attested across traditions

North American Indigenous Tales of the North American Indians , Tale 2 receipt

In our texts — keyword-matched, unreviewed

Filed across the traditions

Welsh MacCulloch Celtic 98
Icelandic De la Saussaye 251, Boberg
Spanish Exempla Keller
Italian Novella Rotunda
Persian Carnoy 310
Egyptian Müller 119
Jewish Neuman
India *Thompson-Balys
Philippine Dixon 164 n. 45
N. Am. Indian *Thompson Tales 274 n. 8
Africa (Fang) Einstein 189.
general *Type 933
general *Bolte Zs. f. Vksk. XXVIII 75
general *Sparnaay 30
general Köhler-Bolte II 173ff., 182ff.
general Baum PMLA XXXI 562 n. 59
general Schröder Germanisch-Romanische Monatschrift XIX 13
general Chauvin V 197 No. 115
general *Krappe Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen 167 (1935) 161–176
general Heptameron Nos. 30, 33. – Irish: MacCulloch Celtic 25, 90, *Cross

Within the index

Filed under Incest.

7 finer motifs beneath 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 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

Filed beside it

Master discovers that slave girl he wants to marry is a near relative Father-daughter incest Mother-son incest Son-in-law seduces mother-in-law Lustful stepmother Man marries his aunt (mother's sister) Youth attempts to seduce his grandmother Brother-in-law seduces (Cf.ks to seduce) sister-in-law

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Penance: Gregory on the stone. Standing on a stone (pillar) as penance for incest. (Cf. Q242, T415.) Misshapen child from brother-sister incest. (Cf. T415.)

Keeps company with — shares receipted episodes

Pursuit of sun by moon Moon as a person Tell-tale hand-mark. Clandestine lover is identified by paint marks left on his skin by his mistress

Carried in tale types

Gregory on the Stone · ATU 933 1 recorded variant

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