Mythology of same-sex love
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Religious narrative has included stories interpreted by many as accounts of same-sex love and sexuality. Other myths contain LGBT references. Among surviving examples are:
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[edit] List of myths associated with same-sex love
Arranged by continent of origin of the religion. Entries of names specific partners are alphabetical.
[edit] Africa
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[edit] Egypt
[edit] The Americas
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[edit] Asia and the Middle East
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[edit] Babylonia
[edit] Biblical
[edit] China
[edit] Japan
- Ōkuninushi (大国主) and Sukunabikona or Sukunahikona (少名毘古那神 or 少彦名神)
- Takemikazuchi ( タケミカヅチ; 建御雷之男神 建御雷神 ) and Takeminakata ( タケミナカタ, 建御名方神 たけみなかたのかみ)
- Monju, Monju Bosatsu; Manjusri (Monju 文殊 or Monju-shiri 文殊師利菩薩)
- Jizō, Jizō Bosatsu; Ksitigarbha (Jizō 地蔵, Jizo-o Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩)
- Kannon, Syō Kannon Bosatsu (聖観音菩薩); Avalokiteśvara
- Aizen Myō-ō (愛染明王 or 愛染妙王)
- Fudō Myō-ō (不動明王); Acala
- Shudō Daimyōjin (衆道大明神); Patron God of shudo (衆道)]][1]
[edit] Europe
[edit] Christian
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[edit] Celtic
[edit] Greece
- Abderus and Heracles
- Achilles and Patroclus
- Achilles and Troilus
- Ameinias and Narcissus
- Apollo and Hyacinth
- Apollo and Hymenaios
- Artemis (Zeus in the form of Artemis) and Callisto
- Chrysippus and Laius
- Daphnis and Pan
- Euryalus and Nisus
- Zeus and Ganymede
- Heracles and Hylas
- Heracles and Iolaus
- Ianthe and Iphis
- Poseidon and Pelops
- Orpheus and the Thracians
[edit] Norse
[edit] List of LGBT related deities and myths
Listed in alphabetical order, with culture of origin noted and statement of how it relates to LGBT.
- Ahsonnutli, in Navaho tradition, a bisexual creator god
- Anteros, Greek god of unrequited love, was also a term used for the love which arises in the beloved boy in a pederastic relationship.
- Amazons, in Greek mythology, a nation of warrior women
- Asiaq, in Inuit mythology, the deity of storms, generally portrayed as female, but sometimes as male
- Atea and Fakahotu a Polynesian god and goddess who change sexes when their son dies of hunger
- Chin (Mayan god), Mayan god of homosexuality
- Eros, Greek god of sexual love of all types
- Freyr, a Norse god of fertility, may have been worshipped by a group of homosexual or effeminate priests, as suggested by Saxo Grammaticus in his Gesta Danorum and later by Dumézil [3]
- Grettir, an Icelandic hero, had a voracious sexual appetite and was said to have slept with men, women and animals alike.[citation needed]
- Hu Tianbao, Chinese god of homosexuality
- Loki, a Norse trickster god, who frequently disguises himself as a woman and has given birth, (whilst in the form of a white mare, he took a 'passive' role in a homosexual/bestial encounter with the stallion) Svadilfari, resulting in his giving birth to the foal Sleipnir.
- Mandulis, a Nubian sky deity, pictured as male, with pendulous breasts
- Mawu-Lisa, a depiction of the creator deity in Dahomey tradition presented as both male and female
- Nana Buluku the androgynous supreme deity of the Dahomey
- Odin is mentioned as a practitioner of seiðr, a form of magic considered shameful for men to perform, so was reserved for women. It is possible that the practice of seiðr involved passive sexual rites [4].
- Ometeotl, the Aztec master of duality, considered both male and female
- Tiresias, a male Greek prophet who was turned into a woman for 7 years
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- Achilles and Patroclus
- Apollo and Hyacinth
- Chrysippus and Laius
- Ganymede and Zeus
- Heracles and Hylas
- Narcissus
- Orpheus
- Pelops and Poseidon
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Pflugfelder, Gregory (2000). Cartographies of Desire: Male-Male Sexuality in Japanese Discourse, 1600-1950. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- ^ Jordan, Mark D. (2000). The silence of Sodom: homosexuality in modern Catholicism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-41041-2. on the nature of "brotherly love", p.174
- ^ Dumézil, Georges. From Myth to Fiction: the Saga of Hadingus. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1970. (p115)
- ^ Viking Answer Lady Webpage - Homosexuality in Viking Scandinavia
[edit] Bibliography
- Homosexuality in Greek Myth
- L'homosexualité initiatique dans l'Europe ancienne
- Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths
- Lovers' Legends Unbound
Conner, Sparks & Sparks
- Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- GLBT mythology, links and references
- Greek Mythology The secret Greek myths of male love, ancient coming-of-age rituals, uncensored and developed.
- The Two-Spirit Tradition essay on male love and same-sex marriage in Native American shamanic religion.
- Homosexuality and the Ancient Greeks