Note 101 — Lohengrin
Smith Ely Jelliffe translation
A connection is here supplied with the motive of the twins, in which we seem to recognize the two boys born at the same time, one of which dies for the sake of the other, be it directly after birth, or later, and whose parents appear divided in our myths into two or more parent couples. Concerning the probable significance of this shadowy twin-brother as the after-birth, compare the author’s discussion in his Incest Book (p. 457, etc.).