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Monozygotic twins in history: enlightenment by mythology and ethnography

Alexandra MatiasGiovanni Corsello

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Historymedia_common.quotation_subjectInterpretation (philosophy)EthnographyEnlightenmentMythologyMeaning (existential)Artistic inspirationhumanitiesGenealogyCultural inheritancemedia_common

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Abstract Birth in mankind is planned in single. The birth of twins is a rare event, occurring in about 1% of pregnancies. This chapter presents different aspects of mythology, history and ethnography for the better understanding of the meaning of twins throughout times. Twins are and will always be a source of artistic inspiration, cultural inheritance and social (re)interpretation.

https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-820047-6.00004-7