List of coupled siblings
This page gives a list of individuals who have been romantically or maritally coupled with a sibling.
Terminology
There are many terms used to describe a romantic bond between siblings, including nomenclature like adelphogamy, the more general syntax associated with formality like consanguinamory, specific hyponyms such twincest, or slang terms like sibcest.[1][2] In mostly a heterosexual context, a female partner in such a relationship may be referred as a sister-wife.[3] A similar incestual arrangement which is non-monogamous can be referred as sister-swapping or brother-swapping[4], although this should not be confused with berdel which describes a parallel situation wherein families exchange multiple brides or bridegrooms.[5] However, due to the calumniatory nature of the term incest, in an undiscerning context, the alternative term consanguinamory, sometimes shortened to consang is used.[6]
History
While cousin marriage is legal in most countries, and avunculate marriage is legal in many, sexual relations between siblings are considered incestual or consanguinamorous almost universally. Sibling incest is legally prohibited in most countries worldwide. It was historically practiced in Ancient Egypt and Rome, and indigenous 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
- Adam and his full sister Eve
- Abraham and his half-sister Sarah
- Luluwa and her full brother Abel.
- Awan and her full brother Cain
- Azura and her full brother Seth.
- Nut (goddess) and her full brother Geb.
- Ceto and her full brother Phorcys.
- Nüwa and her full brother Fuxi.
- Uranus and his full sister Gaia
- Cronus and his full sister Rhea
- Nyx and her full brother Erebus
- Zeus and his full sisters Hera and Demeter
- Demeter and her full brothers Zeus and Poseidon
- Aphrodite and her half-brothers Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, Dionysus
- Izanami and her twin brother Izanagi
- Amaterasu and her full brother Tsukuyomi
- Fu Xi and his twin sister Nu Wa
- Shu and his full sister Tefnut
- Osiris and his full sister Isis
- Set and his full sister Nephthys
- Freyr and his twin sister Freyja
- Halgi and his full sister Yrsa
- King Arthur and his half-sister Morgause
Monarchs
- Artemisia II of Caria and her full brother Mausolus.
- Arsinoe II and her full brother Ptolemy II Philadelphus.
- Erato of Armenia and her full brother Tigranes IV.
- Boran and her full brother Kavad II.
- Cura Ocllo and her full brother Manco Inca Yupanqui
- Laodice and her full brother Mithridates VI of Pontus.
- Akhenaten and an unnamed sister
- Tutankhamun and his half-sister Ankhesenamun
- Ptolemy IV Philopator and his full sister Arsinoe III
- Cleopatra II and her full brothers Ptolemy VI Philometor and Ptolemy VIII Physcon
- Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator and his full sister Cleopatra III
- Ptolemy IX Lathyros and his full sister Cleopatra IV
- Ptolemy X Alexander I and his full sister Cleopatra Selene
- Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator and her full brothers Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator and Ptolemy XIV
- Laodice IV and her full brothers Antiochus, Seleucus IV Philopator, and Antiochus IV Epiphanes
- Demetrius I Soter and his full sister Laodice V
- Caligula and possibly his full sisters Julia Livilla, Drusilla, and Agrippina the Younger
- Inka Thupaq Yupanki and his full sister Kuya Mama Ukllu
- Huayna Capac and his full sisters Kuya Kusi Rimay, Kuya Rawa Ukllu
- Emperor Bidatsu and his half-sister Empress Suiko
- Prince Kinashi no Karu and his full sister Princess Karu no Ōiratsume.
- Gwangjong of Goryeo and his half-sister Daemok
- Chulalongkorn and his half-sisters Sunandha Kumariratana, Savang Vadhana, Saovabha Phongsri, Sukhumala Marasri, Daksinajar, and Thaksincha.
- Kamehameha II and his half-sisters Kamāmalu and Kīnaʻu
- Kamehameha III and his full sister Nahienaena
Aristocracy
- John V of Armagnac and his full sister Isabelle of Armagnac
- Lord Byron and his half-sister Augusta Leigh
- Julien de Ravalet and his full sister Marguerite
- Lucrezia Borgia and possibly her full brother Cesare Borgia
See also
References
- ^ Rudmin, Floyd Webster. "Cross-cultural correlates of the ownership of private property: A look from another data base." Anthropologica (1992): 71-88.
- ^ Cusack, Carmen M. "Double Glazed: Reflection, Narcissism, and Freudian Implications in Twincest Pornography." JL & Soc. Deviance 13 (2017): 1.
- ^ Ager, Sheila L. "Familiarity breeds: incest and the Ptolemaic dynasty." The Journal of Hellenic Studies 125 (2005): 1-34.
- ^ Buckner, Jocelyn Louise. Shady Ladies: Sister Acts, Popular Performance, and the Subversion of American Identity. Diss. University of Kansas, 2010.
- ^ Anatolia, Acta Medica. "Being An Adolescent Mother." Acta Med Anatol 2.1 (2014): 14-18.
- ^ Edmunds, Lowell. "imperative that to know oneself is to know one’s bio-genealogy, an imperative that is commensurate with the prohibition against incest. The modern Western experience of biological family is a problem of Oedipal knowledge, or incest, as is the experience of the adoptive family, which is equally subject to the bio-genealogical." Steeped in Blood: Adoption, Identity, and the Meaning of Family (2019): 277.
