Divinities and Incest

The Divinities of Gaea have a long tradition of engaging in incest with their close relations, dating back to the children of the first Primordial, who was itself both mother and father to the brood. Due to their status, tendency to organize themselves into pantheons with close relations and to tie their position within that pantheon to their own relationships, the fact that the majority are all part of a single extended family, their immortal and bodiless nature, and the curiosities of their reproductive process, Gods have little incentive to seek romantic or sexual partners outside of their close relatives. It was common practice among the Primordials to mate with or marry their own siblings. This practice became tradition among the Titans and has passed on to both the Gods and the Lesser Divinities. Marriage is often a matter of status or obligation within their society and seldom love, with infidelity common. In some ways, this is mirrored in the common practices of mortal nobles, though with more care, as unlike the Divines they must be concerned with public image and hereditary defects. Monsters, meanwhile, have been structured in such a manner as to be immune to latter in most cases, causing them to behave more like the Divines in this regard.
Some better-known incestuous pairings among the Divines include:
* Zeus and Hera
* Ouranos and Gaia
* Cronus and Ananke
* Cronus and Rhea
* Eurynome and Ophion
* Izanami and Izanagi
However, this practice is commonplace among deities, particularly in the case of marriage.
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