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she has no brothers, [1] or; all her brothers die without sons or daughters.: [2] She is an heiress in her issue if she dies having children and the line of her brothers becomes extinct, that is, all brothers and their children have died. [2] Illegitimate women who are armigers are also regarded as heiresses, even if they also have brothers.
Son preference is the ancient and cross-cultural human preference for male (rather than female) offspring. Son preference has been demonstrated across all social classes, from "succession laws in royal families to land inheritance in peasant families." [1] Sons are considered both a status symbol and a genetic and economic competitive advantage ...
Common in feudal Europe outside of Germany was land inheritance based on male-preference primogeniture: A lord was succeeded by his eldest son but, failing sons, either by daughters or sons of daughters. [citation needed] In most medieval Western European feudal fiefs, females (such as daughters and sisters) were allowed to succeed, brothers ...
Aegyptus and Danaus - Sons of Belus and Achiroe, a naiad daughter of Nile. Aeolus and Boeotus - Sons of Poseidon and Arne. Lycastus and Parrhasius - Sons of Ares and Phylonome, daughter of Nyctimus of Arcadia. Amphion and Zethus - Sons of Zeus by Antiope; Centaurus and Lapithes - Sons of Ixion and Nephele or Apollo and Stilbe.
The daughters of the biblical patriarch Lot appear in chapter 19 of the Book of Genesis, in two connected stories. In the first, Lot offers his daughters to a Sodomite mob; in the second, his daughters have sex with Lot without his knowledge to bear him children. Only two daughters are explicitly mentioned in Genesis, both unnamed.
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Tzetzes explained the origin of the myth pertaining to Phineus, the harpies, and the Boreades in his account. In this late version of the myth it was said that Phineus, due to his old age, became blind, and he has two daughters named Eraseia and Harpyreia. These maidens lived a very libertine and lazy life, abandoning themselves to poverty and ...
Let’s talk about sex dreams, friends. We’ve all had ‘em, and as far as dreams go they’re not half bad. After all, if you had to choose between a dream about showing up to school in your ...