Talk:godsib
Latest comment: 2 years ago by -sche
Mentions and examples that clarify scope (that parents were included, from the godparent's perspective):
- 2012, Kathryn Waddington, Gossip and Organizations, Routledge (→ISBN), page 19:
- Historically and linguistically, the term 'gossip' originates from godsib, meaning the godparent of one's child or parent of one's godchildren, and referring to a relationship of close friendship. Usage of godsib can be traced back as far as 1014.
- 2001, Elizabeth Archibald, Incest and the Medieval Imagination, OUP Oxford (→ISBN), page 39:
- He too emphasizes spiritual incest, commenting that it is as sinful for a woman to sleep with her 'godsib' (child of her godparent or parent of her godchild) as with her own brother. Although incest is frequently discussed in the ...
- 1992, Peter Hulme, Colonial Encounters: Europe and the Native Caribbean, 1492-1797
- Religious sponsorship existed, godparent to godchild, but the relationship between godparent and natural parent could not even be named the ancient term 'godsib' [which formerly named it] surviving only in the derogatory form of 'gossip'.
- See also Mayobamba and WT:TR.