Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender LoreCassell, 1997 - 382 síður Did you know that in medieval French folklore a person might change sex by passing under a rainbow? Or that same-sex unions have been celebrated by peoples of the ancient Mediterranean, Africa, China, and Indigenous America? Or that Sappho, da Vinci, Emily Dickinson, Nijinsky, Benjamin Britten, Mishima, Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Keith Haring, Boy George, and Derek Jarman number among those who have explored the spiritual dimension of gender and sexuality in their works? While the terms many of us employ today to identify ourselves - 'queer', 'lesbian', 'gay', 'bisexual', 'transgendered' - differ markedly from those of peoples of other times and places, we are nevertheless the bearers of a rich spiritual history that has been ignored or suppressed, a history encoded in sacred texts as well as in works of art, music, dance and other media. Drawing upon religion, mythology, folklore, anthropology, history and the arts, the Encyclopedia is a cornucopia of queer spirituality, containing over 1,500 alphabetically arranged entries from Aakulujjuusi to Zeus. |
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Síða 82
... ( ritual musician ) . One type of ritual music , pagsindil ( " to express " ) is sung by bantut or women at weddings . Bantut singing style includes singing in the highest registers , traditionally linked to femininity . Transgendered ritual ...
... ( ritual musician ) . One type of ritual music , pagsindil ( " to express " ) is sung by bantut or women at weddings . Bantut singing style includes singing in the highest registers , traditionally linked to femininity . Transgendered ritual ...
Síða 149
... ritual of castration , the organs were bathed in holy water and then wrapped in the old , masculine attire of the initiate , clothes he would not wear again . Occasionally the testicles were embalmed , allegedly even gilded . They were ...
... ritual of castration , the organs were bathed in holy water and then wrapped in the old , masculine attire of the initiate , clothes he would not wear again . Occasionally the testicles were embalmed , allegedly even gilded . They were ...
Síða 290
... ritual hanging from trees , may have also presided over such rites . The transgendered GALLI priest / esse / s of the Roman goddess CYBELE practiced ritual flagellation , castration , and tattooing ( with ivy - leaf patterns ) . In ...
... ritual hanging from trees , may have also presided over such rites . The transgendered GALLI priest / esse / s of the Roman goddess CYBELE practiced ritual flagellation , castration , and tattooing ( with ivy - leaf patterns ) . In ...
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Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit: Gay, Lesbian ... Randy P. Conner,David Hatfield Sparks,Mariya Sparks Engin sýnishorn í boði - 1998 |
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Agdistis Amazonian Amazons anal intercourse ancient and/or androgynous APHRODITE APOLLO appears Artemis ARTEMIS/DIANA artists associated Attis beautiful became become believed beloved bisexual Buddhism castration celebrated ceremony Christian companion cultures Cybele dance death deity depicted described devotees DIONYSUS divine dressed erotic especially eunuchs Euro-western female feminine flowers Freyja galli GANYMEDE gender variant gender variant male Ghede Goddess Reverence Greek hair healing HERACLES HERMES heterosexual HIERODULES Hindu homoerotically inclined homoeroticism homosexuality honor inspired Jesus Krishna lesbian linked living lover magic masculine mother mystical myth mythology orishá pansexual passion patron persons poem poet practitioners priestesses priests Queen queer queer-identified Radical Faeries referred relationship religion rites ritual role Roman sacred Saint same-sex eroticism Sappho sexual variance shamans Shiva signifying spiritual functionaries spiritual traditions suggests symbolic tale temple third gender transformed transgendered transgendered male transgenderism TWO-SPIRIT vampire Vodou warrior wearing woman women worship writes Xochiquetzal young ZEUS