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Incest between twins or "twincest" is a subclass of sibling incest and includes both heterosexual and homosexual relationships.^[1]

In Asia

In traditional Balinese culture,^[when?] it was common for a set of twins of the opposite sex to marry each other, since it was assumed that they have had sex in utero. The standard anthropological explanation of this custom is based in explications of the conflicts between descent and affinity in Balinese society.^[2]

Incest was commonplace in Southeast Asian creation myths which prominently featured twin or sibling couples. In these stories, the brother usually wooed and wed his sister, who bore his child or children, but on discovering that they are siblings, they are often (but not always) forced to part.^[3]

In Europe

Twin incest is a prominent feature in ancient Germanic mythology, and its modern manifestations, such as the relationship between Siegmund and Sieglinde in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre, and a feature in some Greek mythology, such as the story of Byblis and Kaunos. There are strong parallels between the Germanic portrayals of twin incest and those of the Balinese Ramayana, and some scholars have speculated an early Indo-European link.^[4]

The theme also appears in English literature, such as the incest between the twins Polydore and Urania in Delarivier Manley's The New Atalantis.^[5]

One supposed case of incest between twins, in which twins who were adopted by separate families as infants later married without knowing they were brother and sister, was mentioned in a House of Lords debate on the Human Fertility and Embryology Bill in January 2008. According to the charity Adults Affected by Adoption, there had been other cases of this sort that had involved siblings.^[6] The story was widely publicised in the British press,^[7] although its truthfulness was called into question.^[8] In a 1983 review of the scholarly literature on twin homosexuality and twin incest, Ray Bixler concluded that "most same-sex homosexual twins, if reared with their co-twins, do not attempt or even want to seduce them in adulthood".^[9] His study drew on Edvard Westermarck's hypothesis that sexual desire is generally absent in relationships between members of a nuclear family due to the Westermarck Effect.^[10]

In fiction

The fantasy fiction series A Song of Ice and Fire describes a secret relationship between Jaime and Cersei Lannister, who are fraternal twins. Within the setting of the books, various historical characters from House Targaryen were married to their siblings.^{[citation needed]}

The Japanese series Yosuga no Sora features heavy depiction of romance and sex between twins Haruka and Sora.

In pornography

Twincest has been a recurring theme in gay pornography since the 1970s.^[11] In 2009, Elijah and Milo Peters, then-19-year-old Czech identical twin brothers, gained notoriety for having sex with one another in gay pornographic films for BelAmi. According to them, they developed a romantic and sexual relationship with each other at age 15 and sent photos of themselves to BelAmi at age 18, saying they were open to having sex with each other on camera. BelAmi's videos featuring the twins originally involved little contact between them, but gradually escalated to featuring manual sex, oral sex, and anal sex. Their popularity led to the traffic on BelAmi's website doubling in 2009 and a tour of gay nightclubs in Florida.^[12] Maureen O'Connor of Gawker called the Peters twins "the most famous twincest stars" in 2012, while Graham Gremore of Queerty referred to them as "perhaps the most famous pair of gay twin lovers" in 2014.^[13]^[14]

References

^ Wagner, Roy (2001). An Anthropology of the Subject: Holographic Worldview in New Guinea and its meaning and significance for the world of anthropology. p. 53.
^ Boon, James A. (1990). Affinities and Extremes: Crisscrossing the Bittersweet Ethnology of East Indies History, Hindu-Balinese Culture and Indo-European Culture. Chicago University Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-226-06463-5.
^ Errington, Atkinson, Shelley, Jane Monnig (1990). Power and Difference: Gender in Island Southeast Asia. Stanford University Press. pp. 227. ISBN 0-8047-1781-8. incest twins.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Boon, James A. (1990). Affinities and Extremes: Crisscrossing the Bittersweet Ethnology of East Indies History, Hindu-Balinese Culture and Indo-European Culture. Chicago University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-226-06463-5.
^ Pollak, Ellen (2003). Incest and the English Novel, 1684-1814. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-8018-7204-4.
^ "Parted-at-birth twins 'married'". BBC News. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
^ "Shock for the married couple who discovered they are twins separated". The Evening Standard. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
^ Henley, Jon (2008-01-15). "Did a pair of twins really get married by mistake?". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-18.
^ Bixler, Ray H. (August 1983). "Homosexual Twin Incest Avoidance". The Journal of Sex Research. 19 (3): 296–302. doi:10.1080/00224498309551190. JSTOR 3812342.
^ Westermarck, Edvard (1922). The History of Human Marriage, Vol. II. New York: Allerton, p. 193.
^ O'Connor, Maureen (28 February 2018). "Incest Is the Fastest Growing Trend in Porn. Wait, What?". Esquire. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^ Rogers, Thomas (21 May 2010). "Gay porn's most shocking taboo". Salon. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^ O'Connor, Maureen (16 February 2012). "Could This Gay Male Twin Fuck Story Possibly Be Real?". Gawker. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
^ Gremore, Graham (18 May 2014). "Hot Homoerotic Twins Have Us Seeing Doubles". Queerty. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[1] Wagner, Roy (2001). An Anthropology of the Subject: Holographic Worldview in New Guinea and its meaning and significance for the world of anthropology. p. 53.

[2] Boon, James A. (1990). Affinities and Extremes: Crisscrossing the Bittersweet Ethnology of East Indies History, Hindu-Balinese Culture and Indo-European Culture. Chicago University Press. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-226-06463-5.

[3] Errington, Atkinson, Shelley, Jane Monnig (1990). Power and Difference: Gender in Island Southeast Asia. Stanford University Press. pp. 227. ISBN 0-8047-1781-8. incest twins.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] Boon, James A. (1990). Affinities and Extremes: Crisscrossing the Bittersweet Ethnology of East Indies History, Hindu-Balinese Culture and Indo-European Culture. Chicago University Press. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-226-06463-5.

[5] Pollak, Ellen (2003). Incest and the English Novel, 1684-1814. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-8018-7204-4.

[6] "Parted-at-birth twins 'married'". BBC News. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2008-05-18.

[7] "Shock for the married couple who discovered they are twins separated". The Evening Standard. 2008-01-11. Retrieved 2016-07-19.

[8] Henley, Jon (2008-01-15). "Did a pair of twins really get married by mistake?". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-05-18.

[9] Bixler, Ray H. (August 1983). "Homosexual Twin Incest Avoidance". The Journal of Sex Research. 19 (3): 296–302. doi:10.1080/00224498309551190. JSTOR 3812342.

[10] Westermarck, Edvard (1922). The History of Human Marriage, Vol. II. New York: Allerton, p. 193.

[11] O'Connor, Maureen (28 February 2018). "Incest Is the Fastest Growing Trend in Porn. Wait, What?". Esquire. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[12] Rogers, Thomas (21 May 2010). "Gay porn's most shocking taboo". Salon. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[13] O'Connor, Maureen (16 February 2012). "Could This Gay Male Twin Fuck Story Possibly Be Real?". Gawker. Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

[14] Gremore, Graham (18 May 2014). "Hot Homoerotic Twins Have Us Seeing Doubles". Queerty. Retrieved 12 March 2023.

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-'''Incest between twins''' or '''twincest''' is a subclass of [[sibling incest]] and includes both [[heterosexual]] and [[homosexuality|homosexual]] relationships.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wagner|first1=Roy|title=An Anthropology of the Subject: Holographic Worldview in New Guinea and its meaning and significance for the world of anthropology|date=2001|page=53}}</ref>
+'''Incest between twins''' or "'''twincest'''" is a subclass of [[sibling incest]] and includes both [[heterosexual]] and [[homosexuality|homosexual]] relationships.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wagner|first1=Roy|title=An Anthropology of the Subject: Holographic Worldview in New Guinea and its meaning and significance for the world of anthropology|date=2001|page=53}}</ref>
-== Terminology ==
+== In Asia ==
+In traditional [[Bali]]nese culture,{{when|date=December 2013}} it was common for a set of [[twin]]s of the opposite sex to marry each other, since it was assumed that they have had sex in utero. The standard anthropological explanation of this custom is based in explications of the conflicts between [[Cultural heritage|descent]] and affinity in Balinese society.<ref>{{cite book|last=Boon|first=James A.|title=Affinities and Extremes: Crisscrossing the Bittersweet Ethnology of East Indies History, Hindu-Balinese Culture and Indo-European Culture|year=1990|publisher=Chicago University Press|isbn=978-0-226-06463-5|pages=113|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SEp1lzmyceYC&q=incest%20twin&pg=PA207}}</ref>
-Sexual arousal from a twin sister or sister in general is referred to as ''sororilagnia'' or ''sorophilia'', while a male analogous term is ''fratrilagnia'',<ref>Downey, Dara. "The Gothic and the Grotesque in the Novels of Carson McCullers." The Palgrave Handbook of the Southern Gothic. Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2016. 365-377.</ref> and a more general term is ''sibcest''.<ref>https://www.bustle.com/articles/126743-11-times-pretty-little-liars-got-a-little-weird-because-we-can-never-forget-those-masks</ref>
-== In Asian culture ==
-In traditional [[Bali]]nese culture,{{when|date=December 2013}} it was common for a set of [[twin]]s of the opposite sex to marry each other, since it was assumed that they'd had sex in utero. The standard anthropological explanation of this custom is based in explications of the conflicts between [[Cultural heritage|descent]] and affinity in Balinese society.<ref>{{cite book|last=Boon|first=James A.|title=Affinities and Extremes: Crisscrossing the Bittersweet Ethnology of East Indies History, Hindu-Balinese Culture and Indo-European Culture|year=1990|publisher=Chicago University Press|isbn=978-0-226-06463-5|pages=113|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SEp1lzmyceYC&pg=PA207&dq=%22incest%22+%22twins%22&q=incest%20twin}}</ref>
 Incest was commonplace in [[Southeast Asia]]n [[creation myth]]s which prominently featured twin or sibling couples. In these stories, the brother usually wooed and wed his sister, who bore his child or children, but on discovering that they are siblings, they are often (but not always) forced to part.<ref>{{cite book|last=Errington, Atkinson |first=Shelley, Jane Monnig|title=Power and Difference: Gender in Island Southeast Asia|year=1990|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=0-8047-1781-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/powerdifferenceg00atki/page/227 227]|url=https://archive.org/details/powerdifferenceg00atki|url-access=registration |quote=incest twins. }}</ref>
-== In European culture ==
+== In Europe ==
-Twin incest is a prominent feature in ancient Germanic mythology, and its modern manifestations, such as the relationship between Siegmund and Sieglinde in [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Die Walküre]]'', and a feature in some [[Greek mythology]], such as the story of [[Byblis]] and [[Kaunos (mythology)|Kaunos]]. There are strong parallels between the Germanic portrayals of twin incest and those of the Balinese [[Ramayana]], and some scholars have speculated an early [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] link.<ref>{{cite book|last=Boon|first=James A.|title=Affinities and Extremes: Crisscrossing the Bittersweet Ethnology of East Indies History, Hindu-Balinese Culture and Indo-European Culture|year=1990|publisher=Chicago University Press|isbn=978-0-226-06463-5|pages=107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SEp1lzmyceYC&pg=PA207&dq=%22incest%22+%22twins%22&q=incest%20twin}}</ref>
+Twin incest is a prominent feature in ancient Germanic mythology, and its modern manifestations, such as the relationship between Siegmund and Sieglinde in [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Die Walküre]]'', and a feature in some [[Greek mythology]], such as the story of [[Byblis]] and [[Kaunos (mythology)|Kaunos]]. There are strong parallels between the Germanic portrayals of twin incest and those of the Balinese [[Ramayana]], and some scholars have speculated an early [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European]] link.<ref>{{cite book|last=Boon|first=James A.|title=Affinities and Extremes: Crisscrossing the Bittersweet Ethnology of East Indies History, Hindu-Balinese Culture and Indo-European Culture|year=1990|publisher=Chicago University Press|isbn=978-0-226-06463-5|pages=107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SEp1lzmyceYC&q=incest%20twin&pg=PA207}}</ref>
-The theme also appears in [[English literature]], such as the incest between the twins Polydore and Urania in [[Delarivier Manley]]'s ''The New Atlantis''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pollak|first=Ellen|title=Incest and the English Novel, 1684-1814|year=2003|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=978-0-8018-7204-4|pages=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=heN14DHX_IIC&pg=PA103&dq=%22incest%22+%22twins%22&q=%22incest%22%20%22twins%22}}</ref>
+The theme also appears in [[English literature]], such as the incest between the twins Polydore and Urania in [[Delarivier Manley]]'s ''[[The New Atalantis]]''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Pollak|first=Ellen|title=Incest and the English Novel, 1684-1814|year=2003|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=978-0-8018-7204-4|pages=103|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=heN14DHX_IIC&q=%22incest%22%20%22twins%22&pg=PA103}}</ref>
-In a 1983 review of the scholarly literature on twin homosexuality and twin incest, Ray Bixler concluded that "most same-sex homosexual twins, if reared with their co-twins, do not attempt or even want to seduce them in adulthood".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Bixler |first=Ray H. |date=August 1983 |title=Homosexual Twin Incest Avoidance |journal=The Journal of Sex Research |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=296–302 |doi=10.1080/00224498309551190  |jstor=3812342}}</ref> His study drew on [[Edvard Westermarck]]'s [[Westermarck effect|hypothesis]] that sexual desire is generally absent in relationships between members of a [[nuclear family]].<ref>[[Edvard Westermarck|Westermarck, Edvard]] (1922). ''The History of Human Marriage'', Vol. II. New York: Allerton, p. 193.</ref>
+One supposed case of incest between twins, in which twins who were adopted by separate families as infants later married without knowing they were brother and sister, was mentioned in a [[House of Lords]] debate on the Human Fertility and Embryology Bill in January 2008. According to the charity Adults Affected by Adoption, there had been other cases of this sort that had involved siblings.<ref>{{cite news |title=Parted-at-birth twins 'married' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7182817.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2008-01-11 |access-date=2008-05-18}}</ref> The story was widely publicised in the British press,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/shock-for-the-married-couple-who-discovered-they-are-twins-separated-at-birth-6682411.html|title=Shock for the married couple who discovered they are twins separated|date=2008-01-11|publisher=The Evening Standard|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref> although its truthfulness was called into question.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jon |last=Henley |title=Did a pair of twins really get married by mistake? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jan/15/familyandrelationships.jonhenley |work=[[guardian.co.uk]] |date=2008-01-15 |access-date=2008-05-18}}</ref> In a 1983 review of the scholarly literature on twin homosexuality and twin incest, Ray Bixler concluded that "most same-sex homosexual twins, if reared with their co-twins, do not attempt or even want to seduce them in adulthood".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Bixler |first=Ray H. |date=August 1983 |title=Homosexual Twin Incest Avoidance |journal=The Journal of Sex Research |volume=19 |issue=3 |pages=296–302 |doi=10.1080/00224498309551190  |jstor=3812342}}</ref> His study drew on [[Edvard Westermarck]]'s [[Westermarck effect|hypothesis]] that sexual desire is generally absent in relationships between members of a [[nuclear family]] due to the [[Westermarck Effect]].<ref>[[Edvard Westermarck|Westermarck, Edvard]] (1922). ''The History of Human Marriage'', Vol. II. New York: Allerton, p. 193.</ref>
+== In fiction ==
-One case of incest between twins, in which twins who were adopted by separate families as babies later married without knowing they were brother and sister, was mentioned in a [[House of Lords]] debate on the Human Fertility and Embryology Bill in January 2008. According to the charity Adults Affected by Adoption, there had been other cases of this sort that had involved siblings.<ref>{{cite news |title=Parted-at-birth twins 'married' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7182817.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2008-01-11 |accessdate=2008-05-18}}</ref> The story was widely publicised in the British press,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/shock-for-the-married-couple-who-discovered-they-are-twins-separated-at-birth-6682411.html|title=Shock for the married couple who discovered they are twins separated|last=|first=|date=2008-01-11|website=|publisher=The Evening Standard|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref> although its truthfulness was called into question.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jon |last=Henley |title=Did a pair of twins really get married by mistake? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jan/15/familyandrelationships.jonhenley |work=[[guardian.co.uk]] |date=2008-01-15 |accessdate=2008-05-18}}</ref>
+The fantasy fiction series ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' describes a secret relationship between [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and [[Cersei Lannister]], who are [[fraternal twins]]. Within the setting of the books, various historical characters from [[House Targaryen]] were married to their siblings.{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}}
+The Japanese series ''[[Yosuga no Sora]]'' features heavy depiction of romance and sex between twins Haruka and Sora.
-Czech identical twins Michal and Radek Cuma also known as Milo and Elijah Peters are male pornographic actors who work condomless, performing both anal and oral sex on each other in video performances of Bel Ami from 2009 until 2010. They said that they consider themselves to be both brothers and romantic partners. They also report that they do not have sex with any men besides each other when they are not on film, which means they have sex solely with each other outside their video performances with other actors.<ref>{{cite news |first=Thomas|last=Rogers|title=Gay Porn's Most Shocking Taboo|url=http://www.salon.com/2010/05/21/twincest/|work=[[Salon (website)|Salon]]|date=May 21, 2010|accessdate=2012-05-23}}</ref>
-==In modern literature==
+==In pornography==
+Twincest has been a recurring theme in [[gay pornography]] since the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Maureen |title=Incest Is the Fastest Growing Trend in Porn. Wait, What? |url=https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/sex/a18194469/incest-porn-trend/ |website=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] |access-date=12 March 2023 |date=28 February 2018}}</ref> In 2009, Elijah and Milo Peters, then-19-year-old Czech identical twin brothers, gained notoriety for having sex with one another in gay pornographic films for [[BelAmi]]. According to them, they developed a romantic and sexual relationship with each other at age 15 and sent photos of themselves to BelAmi at age 18, saying they were open to having sex with each other on camera. BelAmi's videos featuring the twins originally involved little contact between them, but gradually escalated to featuring [[Non-penetrative sex#Manual sex|manual sex]], [[oral sex]], and [[anal sex]]. Their popularity led to the traffic on BelAmi's website doubling in 2009 and a tour of gay nightclubs in Florida.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rogers |first1=Thomas |title=Gay porn's most shocking taboo |url=https://www.salon.com/2010/05/21/twincest/ |website=[[Salon.com|Salon]] |access-date=12 March 2023 |date=21 May 2010}}</ref> Maureen O'Connor of ''[[Gawker]]'' called the Peters twins "the most famous twincest stars" in 2012, while Graham Gremore of ''[[Queerty]]'' referred to them as "perhaps the most famous pair of gay twin lovers" in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Connor |first1=Maureen |title=Could This Gay Male Twin Fuck Story Possibly Be Real? |url=https://www.gawker.com/5885722/could-this-gay-male-twin-fuck-story-possibly-be-real |website=[[Gawker]] |access-date=12 March 2023 |date=16 February 2012 |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206201200/https://www.gawker.com/5885722/could-this-gay-male-twin-fuck-story-possibly-be-real |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gremore |first1=Graham |title=Hot Homoerotic Twins Have Us Seeing Doubles |url=https://www.queerty.com/photos-hot-homoerotic-twins-have-us-seeing-doubles-20140518 |website=[[Queerty]] |access-date=12 March 2023 |date=18 May 2014}}</ref>
-The fantasy fiction series ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' describes a secret relationship between [[Jaime Lannister|Jaime]] and [[Cersei Lannister]], who are [[fraternal twins]]. Within the setting of the books, various historical characters from [[House Targaryen]] were married to their siblings.
+==See also==
+* [[Incest]]
+* [[Incest in the Bible]]
 == References ==
 {{reflist}}
 {{wiktionary|twincest}}
 {{Incest}}
 [[Category:Incest]]
 [[Category:Twin]]