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Mythologies themes in mythology occur in mythologies Mythologies religious narratives that include stories of romantic affection or sexuality between figures of the same sex or that feature divine actions that result Mythologies changes in gender. These myths are considered by some modern Mythologies scholars to be forms of lesbiangaybisexualor Mythologies LGBT expression, and modern conceptions of sexuality and gender have been retroactively applied to them. Many mythologies ascribe homosexuality and gender fluidity in humans to the action of gods or of other supernatural interventions. The alleged presence of LGBT themes in mythologies has become the subject of intense study. The application of gender studies and queer theory to non- Western mythic tradition is less developed, but has grown since the end of the twentieth century. The Mythologies of mythology varies by culture. Myths are generally believed [ by whom? Cultures may regard myths as containing psychological or archetypal truths. Myths may explain and validate the social institutions of a particular culture, [5] as well as educate the members of that culture. This societal role has been posited for stories that included same-sex love, which educate people as to the correct attitude to adopt toward same- sex sexual activity and gender constructions. Since the beginning of recorded history and in a multitude of cultures, myths, folklore and sacred texts have incorporated Mythologies of same-sex eroticism and gender identity. Individual myths have been denoted "queer" for rejecting a heteronormative and binary view of gender. Such readings have been criticised for Mythologies cultural context or mis-applying modern or Western preconceptions, Mythologies [ need quotation to verify ] for example in assuming that celibacy means only avoiding penetration or reproductive sex hence allowing homoerotic sexwhile ignoring the widespread Mythologies in the spiritual potency of semen that mandate an avoidance of all sex. Researchers have long recognised the presence of LGBT themes in Western mythologies, and have studied the subject intensely. Many mythologies ascribe homosexuality and gender variance in humans to the action of gods or to other supernatural interventions. This include myths in which gods teach people about same-sex sexual practices by example, as in Mythologies or Hawaiian mythology [8] or myths that explain the cause for transgender identities Mythologies homosexuality, such as the story in which Prometheus accidentally creates some people with the wrong genitalia while Mythologies, or instances of reincarnation or Mythologies by a spirit of the opposite gender in Voodoo. It is common in Mythologies mythologies to find characters that Mythologies change gender, or have Mythologies of both male and female genders at the same time. Sexual Mythologies with both genders is also common within such pantheons, and is compared [ by whom? Few records of homosexuality exist in Egyptian mythologyMythologies and the written and pictorial works are reticent in representing sexualities. The most well-known example of this occurs in the power-struggle between the Mythologies Horusand his uncle Setthe destructive god of the desert. Set's attempts to prove his superiority include schemes of seduction, in which he compliments Horus on his buttocks and tries to anally penetrate him. Unknowingly failing, Set ejaculates between Horus's thighs, allowing Horus to collect his semen to use against him. Horus then deliberately spreads his own semen on some lettuce, which was Set's favorite food the Egyptians regarded lettuce as phallic. After Set has eaten the lettuce, they go Mythologies the gods to try to settle the argument over the Mythologies of Egypt. The gods first listen to Set's claim of dominance Mythologies Horus, and call Mythologies semen forth, but it answers from the river, invalidating his claim. Then, the Mythologies listen to Horus' claim of having dominated Set, and call his semen forth, and it answers from inside Set. Some authors, however, have interpreted an at least more neutral message. In some Mythologies, the act between Horus and Set was consensual, if improper, and Set's consumption of Horus' seed produced Thoth 's lunar Mythologies, thus being somewhat positive in outcome. Mythologies fertility, a Mythologies aspect of Egyptian mythology, often became intertwined with the crop fertility provided by the annual flooding of the river Nile. Mythologies female pharaohs and Mythologies were Mythologies with male genitalia, and it is known that a few Mythologies male descriptions. Isis and her sister Nephthys Mythologies considered Mythologies by whom? Isis also appeared in the Greek myth of Iphisallowing two women to marry. Mythologies celestial creator deity of Dahomey mythology is Mawu-Lisaformed by a merger of the twin brother and sister gods Lisa the moon and Mawa the sun. In combined Mythologies, they presented as intersex or transgender with changing gender. The Akan people of Ghana have a pantheon of gods that includes personifications Mythologies celestial bodies. These personification manifest as androgynous or transgender deities, and Mythologies Abrao Jupiter[19] Aku Mythologies[20] and Awo Moon. Possession by spirits is an integral part of Yoruba and other African spiritual traditions. The possessed are usually women, but can also be men, and both genders are regarded as the "bride" of the deity while Mythologies. The language used to describe possession has a sexual and violent connotation but Mythologies in Yoruba-derived American religions, Mythologies is no link assumed between possession and homosexual or gender variant activity in everyday life. The mythology of the Mythologies people Mythologies Zimbabwe is ruled over by an androgynous creator god called Mwariwho occasionally splits into separate male and female aspects. The Mayan god Chinreported from the sixteenth century, is said to have introduced homoeroticism into the Mayan culture and subsequently became associated with same-sex love. His example inspired noble families to purchase young men as Mythologies for their sons, creating Mythologies relationships akin Mythologies marriage. Xochipilli 'Flower Prince' Mythologies the god of artgames, beauty, danceflowersmaizeand song Mythologies Aztec mythologyand also the patron of homosexuals and homosexual prostitutes. In Inuit shamanism, the first two humans were Aakulujjuusi and Uumarnituq, both male. This same-sex couple desired company and decided to mate. This sexual encounter resulted in pregnancy for Uumarnituq. As he was physically not equipped to give birth, Mythologies spell was cast that changed his sex, giving him a vagina capable of passing Mythologies child. The now-female Uumarnituq was also responsible Mythologies introducing war into the world via magic, in order Mythologies curb overpopulation. Mythologies is depicted as gynandrous or hermaphroditic Mythologies some myths, and is served by two-spirit shamans. Mythologies myths show Sedna as a bisexual or lesbian, living with her female partner at the bottom of the ocean. Many stories Mythologies Native Americans include Coyote seducing apparently lesbian couples, usually much to his detriment in the Mythologies. Other great spirits will sometimes take over a female body if no other presents itself when they wish to seduce a beautiful young woman. To hide her shame at this event, she banished her other two sons, Inle and Abbata, to live at the Mythologies of the ocean, additionally cutting out Inle's tongue and making Abbata deaf. As a result of Mythologies isolation and Mythologies, Inle and Abbata become passionate friends and then lovers, able to communicate empathically. This pataki is used to explain the origin of incest, mutenessand deafness in addition to homosexuality. A large number of spirits or deities lwa exist in Haitian and Louisiana Voodoo. These lwa may be regarded as families of individuals or as a singular entity with distinct aspects, with links to particular areas of life. Some lwa have particular links with magic, ancestor worship or death such as the Ghedes and Barons. A number of these are further particularly associated with transgender Mythologies or Mythologies interactions. He is sometimes depicted as an effeminate drag queen and inspires those he Mythologies to lascivious sexuality of Mythologies kinds, especially transgender or lesbian behaviour in women. Samedi has Mythologies tendency toward "lascivious movements" Mythologies cross gender boundaries and also imply a lust for anal sex. Other barons displaying gay behaviour are Baron Lundy and Baron Limba, who are lovers and teach a type of Mythologies nude wrestling at their school, believed to increase magical Mythologies. Another lwa, Erzulieis associated with love, sensuality and beauty. Erzulie can Mythologies aspects that are LGBT-related, including transgender or amazonian traits, in addition to traditionally feminine guises. When inhabiting men, these aspects can result in transgender or homoerotic behaviour, whereas they may result in lesbianism or anti-male sentiment in women. Erzulie Freda is seen as the protector of gay men, and Mythologies Dantor is associated with lesbians. Chinese mythology has been described as "rich in stories about Mythologies. These myths Mythologies greatly influenced Mythologies religious beliefsparticularly Mythologies and Confucianand later incorporated Buddhist teachings. The pre-Confucian and pre-Taoist tradition of China was predominately shamanistic. Male same-sex love was Mythologies to have originated in the mythical south, thus homosexuality is sometimes still called "Southern wind". From this period, numerous spirits or deities were associated with Mythologies, bisexuality and transgender identities. Homosexual encounters are common in Chinese folk stories. The animal spirits or fairies often choose Mythologies partners, usually young men or boys. Chinese dragons "consistently enjoy sexual Mythologies with older men", one Mythologies being in the tale Mythologies "Old Farmer and a Dragon", in which Mythologies sixty-year-old farmer is forcibly Mythologies by a passing dragon, resulting in wounds from penetration and bites that require medical attention. Despite the later literature of some Taoist schools disapproval of homosexuality, [42] Tu Er Shen is Mythologies deity in Chinese folklore who manages the love and sex between homosexual men. His name literally means " rabbit deity". One day Hu Tianbao was caught peeping on the inspector, at which point he confessed his reluctant affections for the other man. The imperial inspector had Hu Tianbao sentenced to death by beating. Since his crime was one of love, underworld officials decided to right the injustice by delegating Hu Tianbao as the god and safeguarder of homosexual affections. For thousands of years, male homosexuality was referred to in literature by alluding to two semi-legendary figures from the Mythologies Zhou Dynasty. The Mythologies was Mizi Xia and the half-eaten peach which he shared with his lover, the actual historical figure, Duke Ling of Wei. The second was Lord Long Yangwho convinced an Mythologies King of Wei to remain faithful to him by Mythologies himself to a small fish which the King might throw back if a larger Mythologies came Mythologies. While both Mizi Xia and Lord Long Yang may have actually existed, nothing Mythologies known about them beyond their defining Mythologies, and Mythologies presence in Chinese literature was very much that of legendary characters who served as archetypes of homosexual love. According to Japanese folklore and mythologyhomosexuality was introduced into the world by Shinu No Hafuri and his lover Ama No Hafuri. These were servants of a primordial goddess, possibly the sun goddess Amaterasu. Upon the death of Shinu, Ama committed suicide Mythologies grief, and the couple were buried together in the same grave. In another tale, Amaterasu retreats from conflict with her brother Susanoo into a cavedepriving the Earth of Mythologies and life. In order to coax Amaterasu from the cave, the deity of humour and dance, Ame No Uzumeperforms a bawdy sexual dance that involved exposing her breast and vulva, and inviting Amaterasu to admire them. On Amaterasu's stepping out of the cave, the kami Ishi Kori Mythologies held up a magical mirror, and the combination of the Mythologies and her reflection fascinate Amaterasu so much that she does not notice other spirits closing the cave entrance behind her. Shinto gods are involved in all aspects of life, including the practice of shudo traditional pederasty. Kitsune sometimes disguise themselves as women, independent of their true gender, in order to trick human Mythologies into sexual relations with them. Mythologies mythology has many examples of deities changing gender, manifesting as different genders at different times, or combining to form androgynous or hermaphroditic beings. Gods change sex or manifest as an Avatar of the opposite sex in order to facilitate sexual congress. Mythologies mythology contains numerous incidents where sexual interactions serve a non-sexual, sacred purpose; in some cases, these are same- sex interactions. Mythologies the gods condemn these interactions but at other times they occur with their blessing. In addition to stories Mythologies gender and sexual variance Mythologies are generally accepted by mainstream Hinduism, modern scholars and queer activists have highlighted LGBT themes in Mythologies known texts, or inferred them from stories that traditionally are considered to have no homoerotic subtext. Such Mythologies have caused disagreements about the true meaning of the ancient stories. In Tagalog mythologythe hermaphrodite Lakapati is identified as the most important fertility deity in the Tagalog pantheon. In Suludnon mythologythere are accounts of female binukots well-kept maidens who had powers to Mythologies into male warriors. Myth - Wikipedia

Myth is a folklore genre consisting of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society, such as foundational tales Mythologies origin myths. The main characters in myths are usually godsdemigodsor supernatural humans. Myths are often endorsed by rulers and priests or priestesses and are closely linked to religion or spirituality. The term mythology may either refer to the study of myths in general, or a body of myths regarding a particular subject. The study of myth began in ancient history. Rival classes of the Greek myths by EuhemerusPlatoand Sallustius were Mythologies by the Neoplatonists and later revived by Renaissance mythographers. Today, the Mythologies of myth continues in a wide variety of academic fields, including folklore studiesphilologypsychologyand anthropology. Since the term myth is widely used to imply that Mythologies story is not objectively truethe identification of a narrative as a myth can be highly Mythologies many adherents of religions view their religion's stories as true and therefore object to the stories being characterised as myths. Nevertheless, scholars now routinely speak of Mythologies mythologyChristian mythologyIslamic MythologiesHindu mythologyand so forth. Traditionally, Western scholarship, with its Judeo-Christian heritage, has viewed narratives in the Mythologies religions as being the province of theology rather than mythology. Meanwhile, identifying religious stories of colonised cultures, such as stories in Hinduismas myths enabled Western scholars to imply that they were of lower truth-value Mythologies the stories of Christianity. Labelling all religious narratives as myths can be thought of as treating different traditions Mythologies parity. Definitions of myth vary to some extent among scholars, though Finnish folklorist Lauri Honko offers a widely-cited definition: [10]. Myth, a story of the gods, a religious account of the beginning Mythologies the worldthe creationfundamental events, the exemplary Mythologies of the gods as a result of which the world, nature, and culture were created together with all parts Mythologies and given their order, which still obtains. A myth Mythologies and confirms society's religious values and norms, it provides a pattern Mythologies behavior to be imitated, testifies to the efficacy of ritual with its Mythologies ends and establishes the sanctity of Mythologies. Scholars in other fields use the term myth in varied ways. However, while myth and other folklore genres may overlap, myth is often thought to differ from genres such as legend and Mythologies in Mythologies neither are considered to be sacred narratives. For Mythologies, the Matter of Britain the legendary history of Great Britain, especially those focused on King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table [27] Mythologies the Matter Mythologies France Mythologies, seem distantly to originate in Mythologies events of the 5th and 8th-centuries respectively, and became mythologised over the following centuries. In colloquial use, the word myth can also be used of a collectively held belief that has no basis in fact, or any Mythologies story. In present use, mythology usually refers to the collected myths of a group of people, but may also mean the study Mythologies such myths. Folklorist Alan Dundes defines myth as a sacred narrative that explains how the world and humanity evolved into their present form. Dundes classified a sacred Mythologies as "a story that serves to define the fundamental worldview of a culture by explaining aspects of Mythologies natural world and delineating the psychological and social practices and ideals of a society. The compilation or description of myths is sometimes known as mythographya term which Mythologies also be used of a Mythologies anthology of myths or, confusingly, of Mythologies study of myths generally. Key mythographers in the Classical tradition include: [36]. Other prominent mythographies include the thirteenth-century Prose Edda attributed to the Icelander Snorri SturlusonMythologies is the main surviving survey of Norse Mythologies from Mythologies Middle Ages. Because myth is sometimes used in a pejorative Mythologies, some scholars have opted to use the term mythos instead. Tolkienamongst others, to refer to the "conscious generation" of mythology. In Anglicised form, this Greek word began to be used in English and was likewise adapted into other Mythologies languages in the early 19th century, in a much narrower sense, as a scholarly term for "[a] traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. The Latin term was then adopted in Middle French as mythologie. Whether from French or Latin usage, English adopted the word mythology in the 15th century, initially meaning 'the exposition of a myth Mythologies myths,' 'the interpretation of fables,' or 'a book of Mythologies expositions'. The word is first attested Mythologies John Lydgate 's Troy Book c. From Lydgate until the 17th or 18th century, mythology Mythologies used to mean a moralfableallegory or Mythologies parableor collection of traditional stories, [42] [47] understood to be Mythologies. It came eventually to be applied to similar bodies of traditional stories among other polytheistic cultures around the world. Thus the word mythology entered the English language before the word myth. Johnson Mythologies Dictionaryfor example, has an entry for mythologybut not for myth. In the context of Ancient Greek theatremythos referred to the myth, narrative, plot, and the story of a Mythologies. According to philosopher Aristotle — Mythologiesthe spirit of a Mythologies play was its mythos. The tragedians of the era could draw inspiration from Greek mythologya body of "traditional storylines" which concerned gods and heroes. Mythologies is commonly thought that the ancient audience members were already familiar with the mythos behind a play, and could predict Mythologies outcome of Mythologies play. However, the Greek dramatists were not expected to faithfully reproduce traditional myths when adapting them for the stage. They were instead recreating the myths Mythologies producing new versions. In one Mythologies his works, Merope attempts to kill her son's murderer with an axe, unaware that the man in question is actually her son. According Mythologies an ancient description of audience reactions to this work, the audience members were genuinely unsure of whether she would commit filicide or Mythologies will be stopped in time. They rose to their feet in Mythologies and caused an uproar. David Wiles points Mythologies the traditional mythos of Ancient Greece, was primarily a part of its oral tradition. The Greeks of this era were a literate culture but produced no sacred texts. There were Mythologies definitive or authoritative versions of myths recorded in texts and preserved forever in an unchanging form. These variants were adapted into songs, dances, poetry, and visual art. Performers of myths could freely reshape their source material for Mythologies new work, adapting it to the needs of a Mythologies audience or in response to a new situation. Children in Ancient Greece were familiar with traditional myths from an early age. According to the philosopher Plato c. Bruce Lincoln has called attention to Mythologies apparent meaning of the terms mythos Mythologies logos in the works of Hesiod. In TheogonyHesiod attributes to the Muses Mythologies ability to both proclaim truths and narrate plausible falsehoods i. There are two variants in the manuscript tradition for the verb used Mythologies proclaim Mythologies. One variant uses gerusasthaithe other mythesasthai. The latter is a form of the verb mytheomai 'to speak,' 'to tell'which is etymologically associated with mythos. Mythologies also announces Mythologies his readers his intention to tell true things to his brother. The verb he uses Mythologies telling the truth is mythesaimenMythologies form of mytheomai. Lincoln draws the Mythologies that Hesiod associated the "speech of mythos " as Lincoln calls it with telling the truth. While he associated the "speech of logos " with telling liesand hiding one's true thoughts dissimulation. Three times the term is associated with the term seductive and three times with Mythologies term falsehoods. Eris' children are ominous figures, which personify various physical and verbal forms of conflict. Comparative mythology is a systematic comparison of myths from different cultures. It seeks to Mythologies underlying themes that are Mythologies to the myths Mythologies multiple cultures. In some cases, comparative mythologists use the similarities between separate mythologies to argue that those mythologies have a common source. This source may inspire Mythologies or provide a common "protomythology" that diverged into the mythologies of each culture. A number of commentators have argued that myths function to form and shape society and social Mythologies. Eliade argued that one of the foremost functions of myth is to establish models for behavior [63] [64] and that myths may provide a religious experience. By telling or reenacting myths, members of traditional societies detach themselves from the present, returning to the mythical age, thereby coming Mythologies to the divine. Honko asserted that, in some cases, a society reenacts a myth in an attempt to reproduce the conditions of Mythologies mythical age. For example, it might reenact the healing performed by a god at the beginning of time in order to heal someone in Mythologies present. Since it is not the job of science to Mythologies human morality, a religious experience is an attempt to connect with a perceived moral past, which is in contrast with the technological Mythologies. Pattanaik defines Mythologies as "the subjective truth of people communicated through stories, symbols and rituals. Fiction is nobody's truth. Myths are somebody's truth. One theory claims that myths are distorted accounts of historical events. Some theories propose that myths began as allegories Mythologies natural phenomena: Apollo represents the sun, Poseidon represents water, and so on. He believed myths began as allegorical descriptions of nature and gradually came to be interpreted literally. For example, a poetic description Mythologies the sea as "raging" was eventually taken Mythologies and the sea was then thought of as a raging god. Some thinkers claimed that myths result from the personification of objects and forces. According to these thinkers, the ancients worshiped natural phenomena, such as fire and air, gradually Mythologies them. According to the myth-ritual theory, myth is Mythologies to ritual. Forgetting the Mythologies reason for a ritual, they account for it by inventing a myth and Mythologies the ritual commemorates the events described in that myth. The critical interpretation of Mythologies began with the Presocratics. He interpreted myths as accounts of actual historical events, though distorted over many retellings. Sallustius divided myths Mythologies five categories: [83]. Plato famously condemned poetic myth when Mythologies education in Mythologies Republic. His critique was primarily on the grounds that the uneducated might take the stories of gods and heroes literally. Nevertheless, he constantly referred to myths throughout his writings. As Platonism developed in the phases commonly called Middle Platonism and neoplatonismwriters such as PlutarchPorphyryProclusOlympiodorusand Damascius wrote explicitly about the symbolic interpretation of traditional and Orphic myths. Mythological themes were consciously employed in Mythologies, beginning Mythologies Homer. The resulting work may expressly Mythologies to a mythological background Mythologies itself becoming part of a body of myths Cupid and Psyche. Medieval romance in particular plays with this process of turning myth into Mythologies. Euhemerismas stated earlier, refers to the rationalization of myths, putting themes formerly imbued with mythological qualities into pragmatic contexts. An example Mythologies this would be following a Mythologies or religious paradigm shift notably the re-interpretation of pagan mythology following Christianization. Interest in polytheistic Mythologies revived during the Renaissancewith early works of mythography appearing in the sixteenth century, among them the Theologia Mythologies The first modern, Western scholarly theories of myth appeared during the second half of the Mythologies century [82] —at the same time as the word myth was adopted as a scholarly term in European languages. This movement drew European scholars' attention not only to Classical myths, but also material now associated with Norse mythologyFinnish mythologyand so forth. Western theories Mythologies also partly driven by Europeans' efforts to comprehend and control the cultures, stories Mythologies religions they were encountering through colonialism. List of mythologies - Wikipedia

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