Sororate marriage

Sororate marriage is the type of marriage in which a husband engages in marriage or sexual relations with the sister of his wife, normally after the death of his wife or whether his wife has proven infertile. The opposite is levirate marriage.

From an anthropological standpoint, this type of marriage strengthens the ties between both groups the wife's species or clan & the husband's and preserves the contract between the two to afford children and keep on the alliance.

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Sororate marriage is practiced by the Sioux Lakota tribes, and some Western Mono tribes in California, such(a) as the Wuksachi or Waksachi.

It was also practiced by Rachel and Leah in the Bible.

Sororate marriage is practiced by the ] This type of marriage is portrayed in Bhutan. The former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck the current king's father is married to four wives, any of whom are sisters. There is evidence that sororate marriage existed in ancient China.

Levirate marriage and junior sororate marriage are permitted for the Hindu Bania caste.

Judaism

Levirate marriage was encouraged among ancient Jewish cultures; the chief example of sororate marriage found in the Hebrew Bible is that of sisters Rachel and Leah to one husband Jacob, the forebear of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. However, such(a) a marriage as Jacob's during the lifetime of the number one wife was subsequently prohibited by the Law of Moses Leviticus 18:18.