Incest in fiction


Here, I take ‘incest’ to mean mother/son, father/daughter and siblings (mostly full, only rarely half) relationships. Due to the universe(s) in which many of the works are set in, the half-siblings or adoptive siblings are often not counted as incest. Similarly, the stance varies on further relations.

Many of the fantasy works are based on Middle Ages -  on plenty of real life examples and not on the strict canon law.

Note that the slash (homosexual) incest appears, which is almost unheard-of in history.

Another thing to remember: I mention books I have either read or I know much about them. I do not aim to reproduce the entire list from Wikipedia.

Canon:

- Game of Thrones: Jaime/Cersei (twins), the Targaryens (siblings, after the manner of Ancient Egypt)

- Flowers in the Attic

- Dune: Leto II/Ghanima

- Paradise Lost: Satan/Sin

- Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz

- Oedipus the King: Oedipus (Edyp)/Jocasta

- Wideacre Trilogy: Beatrice/Harry

- Children of Hurin or Silmarillion: Turin Turambar/Nienor Niniel

- Tigana: Dianora/Baerd

- Elenium: Aldreas/Arissa

- One Hundred Years in Solitude

Fanon:

- Harry Potter: Twincest (Fred/George or Padma/Parvati)

- Harry Potter: Weasleycest (Bill/Charlie, Ron/Ginny or others)

- Harry Potter: Blackcest (a variety of pairings including, but not limited to: the Black sisters in various combinations, Narcissa/Sirius, Andromeda/Sirius, Bellatrix/Sirius, Sirius/Regulus)

- Harry Potter: Pottercest (Lily Potter/Harry Potter, James/Harry; the name can also refer to Albus Severus/James or James Sirius/Lily Luna or Albus Severus/Lily Luna)

- Harry Potter: Malfoycest (Narcissa/Draco or Lucius/Draco)

- Lord of the Rings: Eomer/Eowyn, Elladan/Elrohir

- Star Wars: Luke/Leia and possibly Jacen/Jaina, Jacen/Anakin

- Baldur’s Gate: Imoen Romance mod

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