Two brothers motif

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A common mythological and literary motif is that of the two brothers who hate each other or are at odds, and one of whom even kills the other on occasion. Examples are Cain and Abel from the Old Testament or Romulus and Remus from Roman mythology.

Examples

Together with their sisters Isis and Nephthys , they are children of the earth god Geb and the sky goddess Nut . After Seth has killed and dismembered his brother Osiris, Isis and Anubis manage to collect the pieces, put him back together and resurrect him. He takes his sister Isis as his wife and fathered a son named Horus with her , who finally avenged him. Seth is sent into exile, Horus ascends the throne and Osiris becomes the chief judge of the court of death.
The two brothers with the programmatic names are the sons of Appu, the richest man in the city, who initially has everything except children, but according to explanations by the sun god manages to get his wife pregnant. Bad and Righteous grow up, and when Appu bequeaths his belongings to them (and dies?), Bad says to Righteous that he now wants to live alone. The two brothers share all of their possessions, but the elder who are wicked, but the righteous allocate things of lesser value. The sun god watches this and helps righteously. The matter will eventually be brought before a divine judgment. (At this point the traditional text breaks off.) (Cf. Siegelová, Jana (1971): Appu fairy tales and Hedammu myth. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.)
They are the eldest sons of Adam and Eve , the first humans God created on earth. Cain was jealous of his brother Abel because God preferred his offering. So he was dominated by evil thoughts, did not listen to God's admonitions and subsequently killed his brother. This made him the first murderer in human history. For his deed he was cast out by God; Forced to wander, he finally moved to the previously deserted land of Nod , where he started a family.
The Qur'an contains the story of Cain and Abel with some differentiating details. In contrast to Cain and Abel , Kabil and Habil have two twin sisters. Allah rejected Kabil's sacrifice because he refused to marry Habil's sister. Eventually Habil was murdered, and Kabil roamed the world with his brother's corpse for years until the sight of a raven burying a dead bird gave him the idea of ​​burying the dead man.
They were the sons of Isaac and Rebekah and therefore grandsons of Abraham . Jacob cheated on his brother Esau of the fatherly blessing to which he was entitled as the firstborn. Fearing Esau's revenge, however, he fled to his uncle Laban, for whom he worked for several years. He finally married two of Laban's daughters, Leah and Rahel, who, together with their servants Silpa and Bilha, bore him a daughter and twelve sons. These became - after Jacob was given the name Israel (= fighters of God) by a man - the ancestors of the twelve tribes of Israel .
They were the children of the god Mars and the priestess Rhea Silvia . Although Rhea Silvia had been forced by her uncle Amulius Silvius to become a virgin vestal virgin so that her offspring would not endanger his rule, Mars went down to her temple and fathered the twins Romulus and Remus with her. After the birth, the children were abandoned on Amulius' orders in the Tiber and Rhea was taken to prison. They later built a city on the site where they were abandoned. Who should be the building owner and thus namesake of the city was determined by observing the flight of birds. However, Romulus and Remus got into an argument and Romulus won because he had more followers. He then drew a furrow, which should determine the city limits. The defeated Remus mocked him and jumped over the still low barrier. Since this was considered a serious violation of law and order, Romulus slew his brother with the words: "Let it happen to everyone who leaps over my walls!" After his brother's murder, Romulus was the first king to rule the city of Rome named after him .
In the 4th chapter the two brothers appear, originally from a poem by John Byrom . Although they are twins, they never agree on their insights.
They are the sons of Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker and Anna Livia Plurabelle. Shem and Shaun are considered eternal rivals when it comes to taking their father's position. At the same time they fight for the favor of their sister Issy. Shem is an artist and writer, Shaun a society-adapted postman. According to one popular interpretation, Shem and Shaun are James Joyce himself and his brother Stanislaus.
are two king sons in Greek mythology who fight for rule in the city of Thebes .