List of LGBT figures in mythology

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This is a list of homosexual or bisexual figures in ancient myth .

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

[edit] A

• Acantha - Greek myth (bisexual)
• Achilles - Greek myth (bisexual)
• Adonis - Greek myth (bisexual)
• Apollo - Greek god (bisexual)
• Ardhanari - Hindu deity (intersexed)

[edit] C

• Caeneus/Caenis - Greek/Roman myth (transgender)
• Cyparissus - Greek myth (gay)

[edit] D

• Dionysus - Greek god (bisexual)

[edit] E

• Euryalus - Greek myth (gay), Trojan warrior; inseparable companion of Nisus in Aeneid by Virgil

[edit] G

• Ganymede - Greek mythology (gay), Trojan Prince
• Gilgamesh - Sumerian semi-divine hero-king, ruler of Uruk

[edit] H

• Hapy - Egyptian deity (intersexed, mostly male)
• Hermaphroditus - Greek deity (intersexed or transgender, depending on the version of the myth)
• Hermes - Greek god (bisexual)
• Hyacinthus - Greek/Roman myth (gay)

[edit] I

• Iolaus - Greek myth (bisexual?)

Iphys - From Ovid's Metamorphosis; forced with her mother to conceal her true gender from her father. Turned male in her marriage to Ianthe.

[edit] L

• Loki - Norse god (transgender)

[edit] M

• Mercury - Roman god (bisexual)

[edit] N

• Narcissus - Greek/Roman myth (bisexual)
• Nisus - Greek/Roman myth (gay), Trojan warrior; inseparable companion of Euryalus in Aeneid by Virgil

[edit] P

• Pales - Roman myth (transgender- sometimes embodying male and sometimes female)
• Patroclus - Greek myth (bisexual) - Lover of Achilles

[edit] S

• Shai - Egyptian deity of fate (transgender- sometimes embodying male and sometimes female)
• Set - Egyptian god (bisexual)

[edit] V

• Virtus - Roman deity (transgender- sometimes embodying male and sometimes female)

[edit] W

• Wadj-wer - Egyptian deity (intersexed)

[edit] Z

• Zephyrus - Greek god (bisexual)
• Zeus - Greek god (bisexual)

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