Incest between twins

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Incest among twins is a subclass of sibling incest. In traditional Balinese culture, for example, a set of twins of the opposite sex were forced to marry each other, since it was assumed that they had had sex in utero.^[1] Other depictions of or references to it can be found in fanfiction (where it is usually referred to as "twincest"),^[2] traditional folklore,^[3] erotic and pornographic magazines and videos, advertising, and even mainstream films. In the latter two cases, incestual relationships between twins are usually only implied and almost always used for a shock effect.

[edit] Notable examples in popular culture

Main article: Incest in popular culture

• In Richard Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung, twins Siegmund and Sieglinde commit incest at the end of Act 1 of Die Walküre.^[4] The offspring of this union is Siegfried, the hero of the next operas in the Ring cycle, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung.

• Incest between twins figures prominently in Thomas Mann's 1905 novella Wälsungenblut (The Blood of the Waelsungen).^[5]

• Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia of Star Wars have a romantic (although not overtly sexual) relationship in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope and, to a reduced extent, The Empire Strikes Back.

• Playboy magazine has had a number of twins or triplets as centerfold or cover models, including Mary and Madeleine Collinson, Karin and Mirjam van Breeschooten, the Bernaola twins, and the Dahm triplets.

• In the 2000 film Cruel Intentions 2, identical twins Alicia and Annie Sorell kiss during a nude shower scene with actor Robin Dunne.

• The January 2007 issue of the Bulgarian Playboy features triplets Viara, Nadezda, and Lybov (winner of the third season of Big Brother (Bulgaria)).^[6]

• Twincest is a San Francisco-based performance art duo who are lesbian lovers and who sometimes identify as being siblings.

[edit] See also

• Barbi twins
• Bartok twins

[edit] References