This article gives a list of individuals who have been romantically or maritally coupled with a
sibling. This list does not include coupled siblings in
fiction, although ones from mythology and religion are included.
There are many terms used to describe a romantic bond between siblings, including formal nomenclature such as adelphogamy, specific hyponyms such twincest, or slang terms like sibcest.[2][3] In a heterosexual context, a female partner in such a relationship may be referred as a sister-wife.[4] A similar incestuous arrangement which is non-monogamous can be referred as sister-swapping or brother-swapping,[5] although this should not be confused with berdel, which describes the situation in which families exchange brides or bridegrooms.[6]
History
While
cousin marriage is legal in most countries, and
avunculate marriage is legal in several, sexual relations between siblings are considered incestuous[ambiguous] almost universally, regardless of legality. Still, sibling marriage is legally prohibited in most countries worldwide[citation needed], with exceptions being Sweden, where marriages between half-siblings are legally permitted. Sibling marriage was historically practiced in
ancient Egypt and Inca tribes.
Innate sexual aversion between siblings forms due to close association in childhood, in what is known as the
Westermarck effect. Children who grow up together do not normally develop sexual attraction, even if they are unrelated, and conversely, siblings who were separated at a young age may develop sexual attraction. Thus, many cases of sibling incest, including
accidental incest, concern siblings who were separated at birth or at a very young age.
List of coupled siblings
Religion and mythology
Nüwa and her full brother
Fuxi, in Chinese mythology[7]
^Rudmin, Floyd Webster (1992). "Cross-cultural correlates of the ownership of private property: A look from another data base". Anthropologica. 34 (1): 71–88.
doi:
10.2307/25605633.
hdl:1974/2575.
JSTOR25605633.
^Cusack, Carmen M. (2017). "Double Glazed: Reflection, Narcissism, and Freudian Implications in Twincest Pornography". JL & Soc. Deviance (13): 1.
^Buckner, Jocelyn Louise (2010). Shady Ladies: Sister Acts, Popular Performance, and the Subversion of American Identity (PhD thesis). University of Kansas.
hdl:1808/6412.
^Uysal, Cem; Kir, Ziya M.; Yaman Goruk, Neval; Atli, Abdullah; Bez, Yasin; Polat, Oguz M. (2014). "Being An Adolescent Mother". Acta Med Anatolia. 2 (1): 14–18.
doi:
10.15824/actamedica.64756.
^Larrington, Carolyne (2006). King Arthur's Enchantresses: Morgan and Her Sisters in Arthurian Tradition. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 127–135.
ISBN9780857714060.
^Bernhardt, Peter (2008). Gods and Goddesses in the Garden: Greco-Roman Mythology and the Scientific Names of Plants. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. p. 43.
ISBN978-0-8135-4472-4.
^
abSears, Matthew A. (2014).
"Alexander and Ada Reconsidered". Classical Philology. 109 (3): 213.
doi:
10.1086/676285.
ISSN0009-837X.
JSTOR10.1086/676285.
S2CID170273543. Hecatomnus had several children, all of whom would rule at some point following his death. After his eldest son Mausolus, his other children were Artemisia, Idrieus, Ada, and Pixodarus. The children of Hecatomnus practiced monogamous sibling marriage, with Mausolus marrying Artemisia and Idrieus marrying Ada.
^Daryaee, Touraj (1999). "The Coinage of Queen Bōrān and Its Significance for Late Sāsānian Imperial Ideology". Bulletin of the Asia Institute. 13: 77–82.
ISSN0890-4464.
JSTOR24048959.
Middleton, John, ed. (2015). "Darius II (Ochus) (d. 404 B.C.E.)". World Monarchies and Dynasties. Vol. 1–3. London, England:
Routledge. p. 227.
ISBN978-1-315-69801-4.
^Mayor, Adrienne (2009). The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 100, 114, & 326.
ISBN978-0-691-12683-8.
^Van Goethem, Ellen (2008). Bolitho, H.; Radtke, K. (eds.). Nagaoka: Japan's Forgotten Capital. Brill's Japanese Studies Library. Vol. 29. Leiden: Brill. p. 229.
doi:10.1163/9789047433255_017.
ISBN978-90-474-3325-5.
ISSN0925-6512.
OCLC592756297. Kanmu's next consort was his half-sister Sakahito. She had been appointed high priestess of the Ise shrine in 772, but upon the death of her mother in 775, Sakahito returned to the capital and married Kanmu.
This article gives a list of individuals who have been romantically or maritally coupled with a
sibling. This list does not include coupled siblings in
fiction, although ones from mythology and religion are included.
There are many terms used to describe a romantic bond between siblings, including formal nomenclature such as adelphogamy, specific hyponyms such twincest, or slang terms like sibcest.[2][3] In a heterosexual context, a female partner in such a relationship may be referred as a sister-wife.[4] A similar incestuous arrangement which is non-monogamous can be referred as sister-swapping or brother-swapping,[5] although this should not be confused with berdel, which describes the situation in which families exchange brides or bridegrooms.[6]
History
While
cousin marriage is legal in most countries, and
avunculate marriage is legal in several, sexual relations between siblings are considered incestuous[ambiguous] almost universally, regardless of legality. Still, sibling marriage is legally prohibited in most countries worldwide[citation needed], with exceptions being Sweden, where marriages between half-siblings are legally permitted. Sibling marriage was historically practiced in
ancient Egypt and Inca tribes.
Innate sexual aversion between siblings forms due to close association in childhood, in what is known as the
Westermarck effect. Children who grow up together do not normally develop sexual attraction, even if they are unrelated, and conversely, siblings who were separated at a young age may develop sexual attraction. Thus, many cases of sibling incest, including
accidental incest, concern siblings who were separated at birth or at a very young age.
List of coupled siblings
Religion and mythology
Nüwa and her full brother
Fuxi, in Chinese mythology[7]
^Rudmin, Floyd Webster (1992). "Cross-cultural correlates of the ownership of private property: A look from another data base". Anthropologica. 34 (1): 71–88.
doi:
10.2307/25605633.
hdl:1974/2575.
JSTOR25605633.
^Cusack, Carmen M. (2017). "Double Glazed: Reflection, Narcissism, and Freudian Implications in Twincest Pornography". JL & Soc. Deviance (13): 1.
^Buckner, Jocelyn Louise (2010). Shady Ladies: Sister Acts, Popular Performance, and the Subversion of American Identity (PhD thesis). University of Kansas.
hdl:1808/6412.
^Uysal, Cem; Kir, Ziya M.; Yaman Goruk, Neval; Atli, Abdullah; Bez, Yasin; Polat, Oguz M. (2014). "Being An Adolescent Mother". Acta Med Anatolia. 2 (1): 14–18.
doi:
10.15824/actamedica.64756.
^Larrington, Carolyne (2006). King Arthur's Enchantresses: Morgan and Her Sisters in Arthurian Tradition. London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 127–135.
ISBN9780857714060.
^Bernhardt, Peter (2008). Gods and Goddesses in the Garden: Greco-Roman Mythology and the Scientific Names of Plants. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press. p. 43.
ISBN978-0-8135-4472-4.
^
abSears, Matthew A. (2014).
"Alexander and Ada Reconsidered". Classical Philology. 109 (3): 213.
doi:
10.1086/676285.
ISSN0009-837X.
JSTOR10.1086/676285.
S2CID170273543. Hecatomnus had several children, all of whom would rule at some point following his death. After his eldest son Mausolus, his other children were Artemisia, Idrieus, Ada, and Pixodarus. The children of Hecatomnus practiced monogamous sibling marriage, with Mausolus marrying Artemisia and Idrieus marrying Ada.
^Daryaee, Touraj (1999). "The Coinage of Queen Bōrān and Its Significance for Late Sāsānian Imperial Ideology". Bulletin of the Asia Institute. 13: 77–82.
ISSN0890-4464.
JSTOR24048959.
Middleton, John, ed. (2015). "Darius II (Ochus) (d. 404 B.C.E.)". World Monarchies and Dynasties. Vol. 1–3. London, England:
Routledge. p. 227.
ISBN978-1-315-69801-4.
^Mayor, Adrienne (2009). The Poison King: The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome's Deadliest Enemy. Princeton: Princeton University Press. pp. 100, 114, & 326.
ISBN978-0-691-12683-8.
^Van Goethem, Ellen (2008). Bolitho, H.; Radtke, K. (eds.). Nagaoka: Japan's Forgotten Capital. Brill's Japanese Studies Library. Vol. 29. Leiden: Brill. p. 229.
doi:10.1163/9789047433255_017.
ISBN978-90-474-3325-5.
ISSN0925-6512.
OCLC592756297. Kanmu's next consort was his half-sister Sakahito. She had been appointed high priestess of the Ise shrine in 772, but upon the death of her mother in 775, Sakahito returned to the capital and married Kanmu.