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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:
Religious narrative has included stories interpreted by many as accounts of same-sex love and sexuality. Other myths contain [[LGBT]] references. List is arranged by continent of origin of the religion. Entries of names specific partners are alphabetical.


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==Africa==
==List of myths associated with same-sex love==
Arranged by continent of origin of the religion. Entries of names specific partners are alphabetical.
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===Africa===
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====Egypt====
==Egypt==
*[[Ash (god)|Ash and Set]]
*[[Ash (god)|Ash and Set]]
*[[Horus#Conqueror of Set|Horus and Set]] <!---Is this really same-sex love, or is it just same-sex sex?--->
*[[Horus#Conqueror of Set|Horus and Set]] <!---Is this really same-sex love, or is it just same-sex sex?--->


===The Americas===
==The Americas==
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===Asia and the Middle East===
==Asia and the Middle East==
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====Babylonia====
===Babylonia===
*[[Epic of Gilgamesh|Enkidu and Gilgamesh]]
*[[Epic of Gilgamesh|Enkidu and Gilgamesh]]


====Biblical====
===Biblical===
*[[David and Jonathan]]
*[[David and Jonathan]]


====China====
==China===


====Japan====
===Japan===
*[[Ōkuninushi]] (大国主) and [[Sukunabikona]] or [[Sukunahikona]] (少名毘古那神 or 少彦名神)
*[[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）
*[[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）
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*[[Shudō Daimyōjin]] (衆道大明神); Patron God of [[shudo]] (衆道)]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Pflugfelder, Gregory |title=Cartographies of Desire: Male-Male Sexuality in Japanese Discourse, 1600-1950 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |year=2000 }}</ref>
*[[Shudō Daimyōjin]] (衆道大明神); Patron God of [[shudo]] (衆道)]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Pflugfelder, Gregory |title=Cartographies of Desire: Male-Male Sexuality in Japanese Discourse, 1600-1950 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |year=2000 }}</ref>


===Europe===
==Europe==
====Christian====
===Christian===
*[[Saints Sergius and Bacchus]]
*[[Saints Sergius and Bacchus]]
*[[Saints Cosmas and Damian]]<ref >{{cite book |author=Jordan, Mark D. |title=The silence of Sodom: homosexuality in modern Catholicism |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |year=2000 |isbn=0-226-41041-2}} on the nature of "brotherly love", p.174</ref>
*[[Saints Cosmas and Damian]]<ref >{{cite book |author=Jordan, Mark D. |title=The silence of Sodom: homosexuality in modern Catholicism |publisher=University of Chicago Press |location=Chicago |year=2000 |isbn=0-226-41041-2}} on the nature of "brotherly love", p.174</ref>
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====Celtic====
===Celtic===


====Greece====
===Greece===
*[[Abderus|Abderus and Heracles]]
*[[Abderus|Abderus and Heracles]]
*[[Achilles and Patroclus]]
*[[Achilles and Patroclus]]
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**[[Orpheus]] and Calais([[Kalais]], one of [[Boreads]] )
**[[Orpheus]] and Calais([[Kalais]], one of [[Boreads]] )


====Norse====
===Norse===


==List of LGBT related deities and myths==
==List of LGBT related deities and myths==

Revision as of 03:14, 8 January 2009

Religious narrative has included stories interpreted by many as accounts of same-sex love and sexuality. Other myths contain LGBT references. List is arranged by continent of origin of the religion. Entries of names specific partners are alphabetical.

Africa

Egypt

The Americas

Asia and the Middle East

Babylonia

Biblical

China=

Japan

Europe

Christian

Celtic

Greece

Norse

Listed in alphabetical order, with culture of origin noted and statement of how it relates to LGBT.

  • Agdistis, a Phrygian deity born with both male and female genitalia, but later castrated so that she became female
  • 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]
  • Hapy, Egyptian god of the Nile River, depicted as a male with pendulous breasts
  • Hermaphroditos, hermaphroditic Greek deity, son of Aphrodite and Hermes
  • Himeros, a Greek god of love, sometimes considered the patron of homosexual love between males
  • 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
  • Phanes, in Greek mythology and philosophy, the primordial, androgynous deity of love and procreation who hatched from the World Egg during the creation of the world
  • Tiresias, a male Greek prophet who was turned into a woman for 7 years
  • Wadj-wer, Egyptian god of the Nile Delta, depicted as a male with pendulous breasts

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See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Pflugfelder, Gregory (2000). Cartographies of Desire: Male-Male Sexuality in Japanese Discourse, 1600-1950. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Dumézil, Georges. From Myth to Fiction: the Saga of Hadingus. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 1970. (p115)
  4. ^ Viking Answer Lady Webpage - Homosexuality in Viking Scandinavia

Bibliography

Bernard Sergent

  • Homosexuality in Greek Myth
  • L'homosexualité initiatique dans l'Europe ancienne

Andrew Calimach

  • Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths
  • Lovers' Legends Unbound

Conner, Sparks & Sparks

  • Queer Myth, Symbol and Spirit
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