A Cultural Anthropological Analysis on Brother-Sister Marriage Myths

The brother-sister marriage myths include six types: natural type,natural form,god creation type,flood survivors type,the sun and moon type,and the heaven and earth type.The formation of brother-sister-marriage myth is inextricably bound up with the natural creation myth,god creation myth,and human-beings and animals myth,especially the human-beings and animals myth,the brother-sister-marriage myth is the direct evolution form by the human beings and animals myth.The deep psychological reason for brother-sister myth lies in the deconstruction of the contradictions and taboo.The brother-sister marriage myth provides the foundation the worship of the boy and girl twins,and cousin marriage custom.The most primitive form of family entailed in the brother-sister marriage myth has something spiritual in common with the family system in feudal society.Thus,it becomes a symbolic manifestation that meets people's desire of family prosperity and heir multiplication.