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Religious narrative has included stories interpreted by many as accounts of same-sex love and sexuality. Among surviving examples are:

Contents

List of Myths and Dieties association with same-sex love

Babylonia

Greece

Egypt

China

The Americas

Spoken-word versions - audio files

See also

Bibliography

External links

List of Myths and Dieties association with same-sex love

Babylonia

★ Gilgamesh and Enkidu

Greece

★ Anteros

★ Poseidon and Pelops

★ Zeus and Ganymede

★ Laius and Chrysippus

★ Apollo and Hyacinth

★ Achilles and Patroclus

★ Heracles and Hylas

★ Narcissus and Ameinias

★ Orpheus and the Thracians

★ Iphis and Ianthe

★ Pan and Daphnis

Egypt

★ Set and Horus

★ Set and Ash

China

★ Hu Tianbao

The Americas

Spoken-word versions - audio files

★ Poseidon and Pelops

★ Zeus and Ganymede

★ Apollo and Hyacinth

★ Laius and Chrysippus

★ Heracles and Hylas

★ Narcissus

★ Orpheus

★ Achilles and Patroclus

See also

★ Religion and homosexuality

★ Native American Two-spirit traditions

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''

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